#F9F281#F9F281

#F9F281 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.852; OKLCH L 94.4% C 0.135 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F281
RGB	rgb(249, 242, 129)
HSL	hsl(57, 91%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(57, 48%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 48.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.98, -12.47, 54.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.98, 56.31, 102.80°)
OKLab	oklab(94.38% -0.0363 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(94.38% 0.135 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(74.7833, 85.2311, 33.2765)
Luminance	0.8523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F281 #8188F9

analogous

#F9B681 #F9F281 #C4F981

triadic

#F9F281 #81F9F2 #F281F9

tetradic

#F9F281 #81F9B6 #8188F9 #F981C4

square

#F9F281 #81F9B6 #8188F9 #F981C4

split-complementary

#F9F281 #81C4F9 #B681F9

monochromatic

#F3E60C #F6EC47 #F9F281 #FCF8BB #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#F9F281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.05

#F9F281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F281

18.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F281	1.00	1.16	18.05	18.05
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEB77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF086

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 242, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.4% 0.135 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf6a8',
    500: '#f9f281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f281;
$custom-light: #fdf6a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.5,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9438,
    "c": 0.13534,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.85229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F281

secondary

#4850D6

accent

#0DE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F281

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

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