#F9F179#F9F179

#F9F179 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.844; OKLCH L 94.1% C 0.142 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F179
RGB	rgb(249, 241, 121)
HSL	hsl(56, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(56, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 51.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.64, -12.65, 58.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.64, 59.55, 102.27°)
OKLab	oklab(94.08% -0.0376 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(94.08% 0.142 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(73.9755, 84.4330, 30.4859)
Luminance	0.8443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F179 #7981F9

analogous

#F9B179 #F9F179 #C1F979

triadic

#F9F179 #79F9F1 #F179F9

tetradic

#F9F179 #79F9B1 #7981F9 #F979C1

square

#F9F179 #79F9B1 #7981F9 #F979C1

split-complementary

#F9F179 #79C1F9 #B179F9

monochromatic

#EDDF0B #F6EB3E #F9F179 #FCF7B4 #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#F9F179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.89

#F9F179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F179

17.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F179	1.00	1.17	17.89	17.89
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEA6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 241, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.1% 0.142 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef5a3',
    500: '#f9f179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f179;
$custom-light: #fef5a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94077,
    "c": 0.14192,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.84431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F179

secondary

#414AD5

accent

#0EE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F179

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

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