#F9F174#F9F174

#F9F174 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.843; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.146 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F174
RGB	rgb(249, 241, 116)
HSL	hsl(56, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(56, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 53.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.59, -13.05, 60.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.59, 61.79, 102.19°)
OKLab	oklab(94.02% -0.0392 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(94.02% 0.146 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(73.6768, 84.3135, 28.9127)
Luminance	0.8431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F174 #747CF9

analogous

#F9AF74 #F9F174 #BFF974

triadic

#F9F174 #74F9F1 #F174F9

tetradic

#F9F174 #74F9AF #747CF9 #F974BF

square

#F9F174 #74F9AF #747CF9 #F974BF

split-complementary

#F9F174 #74BFF9 #AF74F9

monochromatic

#E9DB0A #F6EB39 #F9F174 #FCF7AF #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#F9F174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.86

#F9F174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F174

17.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F174	1.00	1.18	17.86	17.86
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE968

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 241, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.146 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef59f',
    500: '#f9f174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f174;
$custom-light: #fef59f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.391,
    "s": 91.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94019,
    "c": 0.14648,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.84311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F174

secondary

#3D46D5

accent

#0EE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F174

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

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