#F9F280#F9F280

#F9F280 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.852; OKLCH L 94.4% C 0.136 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F280
RGB	rgb(249, 242, 128)
HSL	hsl(57, 91%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(57, 49%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 48.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.97, -12.56, 55.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.97, 56.77, 102.78°)
OKLab	oklab(94.37% -0.0366 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(94.37% 0.136 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(74.7172, 85.2046, 32.9282)
Luminance	0.8520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F280 #8087F9

analogous

#F9B680 #F9F280 #C4F980

triadic

#F9F280 #80F9F2 #F280F9

tetradic

#F9F280 #80F9B6 #8087F9 #F980C4

square

#F9F280 #80F9B6 #8087F9 #F980C4

split-complementary

#F9F280 #80C4F9 #B680F9

monochromatic

#F3E60B #F6EC46 #F9F280 #FCF8BA #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#F9F280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.04

#F9F280 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F280

18.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F280	1.00	1.16	18.04	18.04
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEB76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF085

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 242, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.4% 0.136 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf6a7',
    500: '#f9f280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f280;
$custom-light: #fdf6a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.529,
    "s": 90.977,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94367,
    "c": 0.13631,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.85203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F280

secondary

#474FD6

accent

#0DE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F280

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

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