#F9F17A#F9F17A

#F9F17A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.845; OKLCH L 94.1% C 0.141 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F17A
RGB	rgb(249, 241, 122)
HSL	hsl(56, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(56, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 51%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.65, -12.57, 57.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.65, 59.10, 102.28°)
OKLab	oklab(94.09% -0.0372 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(94.09% 0.141 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(74.0371, 84.4577, 30.8105)
Luminance	0.8446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F17A #7A82F9

analogous

#F9B17A #F9F17A #C2F97A

triadic

#F9F17A #7AF9F1 #F17AF9

tetradic

#F9F17A #7AF9B1 #7A82F9 #F97AC2

square

#F9F17A #7AF9B1 #7A82F9 #F97AC2

split-complementary

#F9F17A #7AC2F9 #B17AF9

monochromatic

#EEE00B #F6EB3F #F9F17A #FCF7B5 #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#F9F17A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.89

#F9F17A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F17A

17.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F17A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F17A	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)

#FFEA6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f17a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 241, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.1% 0.141 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf5a3',
    500: '#f9f17a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f17a;
$custom-light: #fdf5a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f17a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.22,
    "s": 91.367,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94089,
    "c": 0.14099,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.84455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F17A

secondary

#424BD5

accent

#0EE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F17A

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

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