#F9F178#F9F178

#F9F178 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.844; OKLCH L 94.1% C 0.143 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F178
RGB	rgb(249, 241, 120)
HSL	hsl(56, 91%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(56, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 51.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.63, -12.74, 58.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.63, 60.00, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(94.07% -0.0379 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(94.07% 0.143 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(73.9145, 84.4086, 30.1646)
Luminance	0.8441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F178 #7880F9

analogous

#F9B178 #F9F178 #C1F978

triadic

#F9F178 #78F9F1 #F178F9

tetradic

#F9F178 #78F9B1 #7880F9 #F978C1

square

#F9F178 #78F9B1 #7880F9 #F978C1

split-complementary

#F9F178 #78C1F9 #B178F9

monochromatic

#ECDE0A #F6EB3D #F9F178 #FCF7B3 #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#F9F178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.88

#F9F178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F178

17.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F178	1.00	1.17	17.88	17.88
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE96D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 241, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.1% 0.143 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef5a2',
    500: '#f9f178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f178;
$custom-light: #fef5a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.279,
    "s": 91.489,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94065,
    "c": 0.14285,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.84406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F178

secondary

#4049D5

accent

#0EE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F178

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

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