#F9F189#F9F189

#F9F189 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.849; OKLCH L 94.3% C 0.126 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F189
RGB	rgb(249, 241, 137)
HSL	hsl(56, 90%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(56, 45%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 45%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.82, -11.25, 50.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.82, 52.17, 102.46°)
OKLab	oklab(94.28% -0.032 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(94.28% 0.126 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(75.0393, 84.8585, 36.0886)
Luminance	0.8486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F189 #8991F9

analogous

#F9B989 #F9F189 #C9F989

triadic

#F9F189 #89F9F1 #F189F9

tetradic

#F9F189 #89F9B9 #8991F9 #F989C9

square

#F9F189 #89F9B9 #8991F9 #F989C9

split-complementary

#F9F189 #89C9F9 #B989F9

monochromatic

#F3E315 #F6EA4F #F9F189 #FCF8C3 #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#F9F189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.97

#F9F189 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F189

17.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F189	1.00	1.17	17.97	17.97
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEA80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF08E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 241, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.3% 0.126 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf5ad',
    500: '#f9f189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f189;
$custom-light: #fdf5ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 90.323,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94283,
    "c": 0.12633,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.84856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F189

secondary

#4F59D7

accent

#10E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F189

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

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