#F9F472#F9F472

#F9F472 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.861; OKLCH L 94.6% C 0.151 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F472
RGB	rgb(249, 244, 114)
HSL	hsl(58, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(58, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 54.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.34, -14.67, 62.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.34, 63.85, 103.28°)
OKLab	oklab(94.61% -0.0441 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(94.61% 0.151 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(74.4570, 86.0582, 28.6051)
Luminance	0.8606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F472 #7277F9

analogous

#F9B072 #F9F472 #BAF972

triadic

#F9F472 #72F9F4 #F472F9

tetradic

#F9F472 #72F9B0 #7277F9 #F972BA

square

#F9F472 #72F9B0 #7277F9 #F972BA

split-complementary

#F9F472 #72BAF9 #B072F9

monochromatic

#E7DF0A #F7EF37 #F9F472 #FBF9AD #FEFDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#F9F472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.21

#F9F472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F472

18.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F472	1.00	1.15	18.21	18.21
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEC65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF179

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE6D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 244, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.6% 0.151 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef79e',
    500: '#f9f472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f472;
$custom-light: #fef79e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 244,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.778,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9461,
    "c": 0.15125,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.86056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F472

secondary

#3B41D4

accent

#08E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F472

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

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