#F9F170#F9F170

#F9F170 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.842; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.150 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F170
RGB	rgb(249, 241, 112)
HSL	hsl(56, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 55%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.55, -13.35, 62.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.55, 63.55, 102.13°)
OKLab	oklab(93.98% -0.0405 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(93.98% 0.15 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(73.4491, 84.2225, 27.7136)
Luminance	0.8422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F170 #7078F9

analogous

#F9AC70 #F9F170 #BDF970

triadic

#F9F170 #70F9F1 #F170F9

tetradic

#F9F170 #70F9AC #7078F9 #F970BD

square

#F9F170 #70F9AC #7078F9 #F970BD

split-complementary

#F9F170 #70BDF9 #AC70F9

monochromatic

#E5D80A #F7EB35 #F9F170 #FBF7AB #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#F9F170 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.84

#F9F170 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F170

17.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F170	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F170	1.00	1.18	17.84	17.84
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE963

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f170;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 241, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.150 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef59d',
    500: '#f9f170',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f170;
$custom-light: #fef59d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f170",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.496,
    "s": 91.946,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93975,
    "c": 0.15001,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.8422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F170

secondary

#3942D4

accent

#0DE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F170

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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