#F9F277#F9F277

#F9F277 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.850; OKLCH L 94.3% C 0.145 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F277
RGB	rgb(249, 242, 119)
HSL	hsl(57, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(57, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 52.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.87, -13.31, 59.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.87, 60.85, 102.63°)
OKLab	oklab(94.26% -0.0396 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(94.26% 0.145 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(74.1509, 84.9781, 29.9456)
Luminance	0.8498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F277 #777EF9

analogous

#F9B177 #F9F277 #BFF977

triadic

#F9F277 #77F9F2 #F277F9

tetradic

#F9F277 #77F9B1 #777EF9 #F977BF

square

#F9F277 #77F9B1 #777EF9 #F977BF

split-complementary

#F9F277 #77BFF9 #B177F9

monochromatic

#EBDF0A #F6EC3C #F9F277 #FCF8B2 #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#F9F277 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.00

#F9F277 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F277

18.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F277	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F277	1.00	1.17	18.00	18.00
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEA6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF07D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f277;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 242, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.3% 0.145 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef6a1',
    500: '#f9f277',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f277;
$custom-light: #fef6a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f277",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.769,
    "s": 91.549,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94258,
    "c": 0.14477,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.84976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F277

secondary

#3F47D5

accent

#0CE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F277

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

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