#F9F240#F9F240

#F9F240 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.840; OKLCH L 93.8% C 0.184 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F240
RGB	rgb(249, 242, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 94%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 74%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 74.3%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.46, -16.54, 80.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.46, 82.11, 101.62°)
OKLab	oklab(93.79% -0.0543 0.1761)
OKLCH	oklch(93.79% 0.184 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(71.7474, 84.0167, 17.2870)
Luminance	0.8401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F240 #4047F9

analogous

#F99640 #F9F240 #A4F940

triadic

#F9F240 #40F9F2 #F240F9

tetradic

#F9F240 #40F996 #4047F9 #F940A4

square

#F9F240 #40F996 #4047F9 #F940A4

split-complementary

#F9F240 #40A4F9 #9640F9

monochromatic

#B9B206 #F4EB08 #F9F240 #FBF67B #FDFAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#F9F240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.80

#F9F240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F240

17.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F240	1.00	1.18	17.80	17.80
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE915

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 242, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.8% 0.184 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff682',
    500: '#f9f240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f240;
$custom-light: #fff682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.73,
    "s": 93.909,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93793,
    "c": 0.18427,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.84014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F240

secondary

#262BB7

accent

#09E600

background

#FFFFFB

surface

#FFFEF2

border

#D7D6CC

text

#19170B

muted

#87857E

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F240

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

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