#F9F479#F9F479

#F9F479 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.862; OKLCH L 94.7% C 0.145 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F479
RGB	rgb(249, 244, 121)
HSL	hsl(58, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(58, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 51.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.41, -14.12, 59.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.41, 60.76, 103.44°)
OKLab	oklab(94.69% -0.0418 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(94.69% 0.145 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(74.8708, 86.2237, 30.7843)
Luminance	0.8622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F479 #797EF9

analogous

#F9B479 #F9F479 #BEF979

triadic

#F9F479 #79F9F4 #F479F9

tetradic

#F9F479 #79F9B4 #797EF9 #F979BE

square

#F9F479 #79F9B4 #797EF9 #F979BE

split-complementary

#F9F479 #79BEF9 #B479F9

monochromatic

#EDE40B #F6EF3E #F9F479 #FCF9B4 #FEFDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#F9F479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.24

#F9F479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F479

18.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F479	1.00	1.15	18.24	18.24
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEC6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF17F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE7D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 244, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.7% 0.145 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef7a3',
    500: '#f9f479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f479;
$custom-light: #fef7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 244,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.656,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94689,
    "c": 0.14496,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.86222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F479

secondary

#4147D5

accent

#09E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F479

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

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