#F9F279#F9F279

#F9F279 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.850; OKLCH L 94.3% C 0.143 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F279
RGB	rgb(249, 242, 121)
HSL	hsl(57, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(57, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 51.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.89, -13.14, 58.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.89, 59.95, 102.67°)
OKLab	oklab(94.28% -0.039 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(94.28% 0.143 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(74.2723, 85.0267, 30.5848)
Luminance	0.8502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F279 #7980F9

analogous

#F9B279 #F9F279 #C0F979

triadic

#F9F279 #79F9F2 #F279F9

tetradic

#F9F279 #79F9B2 #7980F9 #F979C0

square

#F9F279 #79F9B2 #7980F9 #F979C0

split-complementary

#F9F279 #79C0F9 #B279F9

monochromatic

#EDE10B #F6EC3E #F9F279 #FCF8B4 #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#F9F279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.00

#F9F279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F279

18.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F279	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)

#FFEA6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF07F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 242, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.3% 0.143 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef6a3',
    500: '#f9f279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f279;
$custom-light: #fef6a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.719,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94281,
    "c": 0.14293,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.85024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F279

secondary

#4149D5

accent

#0DE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F279

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

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