#F9F278#F9F278

#F9F278 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.850; OKLCH L 94.3% C 0.144 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F278
RGB	rgb(249, 242, 120)
HSL	hsl(57, 91%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(57, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 51.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.88, -13.23, 58.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.88, 60.40, 102.65°)
OKLab	oklab(94.27% -0.0393 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(94.27% 0.144 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(74.2113, 85.0023, 30.2635)
Luminance	0.8500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F278 #787FF9

analogous

#F9B178 #F9F278 #C0F978

triadic

#F9F278 #78F9F2 #F278F9

tetradic

#F9F278 #78F9B1 #787FF9 #F978C0

square

#F9F278 #78F9B1 #787FF9 #F978C0

split-complementary

#F9F278 #78C0F9 #B178F9

monochromatic

#ECE00A #F6EC3D #F9F278 #FCF8B3 #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#F9F278 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.00

#F9F278 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F278

18.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F278	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F278	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)

#FFEA6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF07E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f278;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 242, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.3% 0.144 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef6a2',
    500: '#f9f278',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f278;
$custom-light: #fef6a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f278",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.744,
    "s": 91.489,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94269,
    "c": 0.14385,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.85
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F278

secondary

#4048D5

accent

#0CE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F278

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

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