#F9F172#F9F172

#F9F172 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.843; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.148 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F172
RGB	rgb(249, 241, 114)
HSL	hsl(56, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 54.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.57, -13.20, 61.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.57, 62.67, 102.16°)
OKLab	oklab(94% -0.0399 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(94% 0.148 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(73.5617, 84.2675, 28.3066)
Luminance	0.8427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F172 #727AF9

analogous

#F9AD72 #F9F172 #BDF972

triadic

#F9F172 #72F9F1 #F172F9

tetradic

#F9F172 #72F9AD #727AF9 #F972BD

square

#F9F172 #72F9AD #727AF9 #F972BD

split-complementary

#F9F172 #72BDF9 #AD72F9

monochromatic

#E7DA0A #F7EB37 #F9F172 #FBF7AD #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#F9F172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.85

#F9F172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F172

17.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F172	1.00	1.18	17.85	17.85
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE965

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 241, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.148 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef59e',
    500: '#f9f172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f172;
$custom-light: #fef59e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.444,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93997,
    "c": 0.14825,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.84265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F172

secondary

#3B44D4

accent

#0EE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F172

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

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