#F9F17C#F9F17C

#F9F17C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.845; OKLCH L 94.1% C 0.139 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F17C
RGB	rgb(249, 241, 124)
HSL	hsl(56, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(56, 50%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 50.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.67, -12.41, 56.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.67, 58.19, 102.31°)
OKLab	oklab(94.11% -0.0366 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(94.11% 0.139 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(74.1623, 84.5078, 31.4699)
Luminance	0.8451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F17C #7C84F9

analogous

#F9B27C #F9F17C #C2F97C

triadic

#F9F17C #7CF9F1 #F17CF9

tetradic

#F9F17C #7CF9B2 #7C84F9 #F97CC2

square

#F9F17C #7CF9B2 #7C84F9 #F97CC2

split-complementary

#F9F17C #7CC2F9 #B27CF9

monochromatic

#F0E10B #F6EB41 #F9F17C #FCF7B7 #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#F9F17C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.90

#F9F17C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F17C

17.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F17C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F17C	1.00	1.17	17.90	17.90
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEA71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f17c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 241, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.1% 0.139 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf5a5',
    500: '#f9f17c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f17c;
$custom-light: #fdf5a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f17c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.16,
    "s": 91.241,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94113,
    "c": 0.13911,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.84506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F17C

secondary

#444DD6

accent

#0FE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F17C

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

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