#F9F489#F9F489

#F9F489 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.866; OKLCH L 94.9% C 0.129 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F489
RGB	rgb(249, 244, 137)
HSL	hsl(57, 90%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(57, 45%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 45%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.59, -12.73, 51.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.59, 53.42, 103.78°)
OKLab	oklab(94.89% -0.0362 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(94.89% 0.129 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(75.9346, 86.6492, 36.3870)
Luminance	0.8665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F489 #898EF9

analogous

#F9BC89 #F9F489 #C6F989

triadic

#F9F489 #89F9F4 #F489F9

tetradic

#F9F489 #89F9BC #898EF9 #F989C6

square

#F9F489 #89F9BC #898EF9 #F989C6

split-complementary

#F9F489 #89C6F9 #BC89F9

monochromatic

#F3E915 #F6EF4F #F9F489 #FCF9C3 #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#F9F489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.33

#F9F489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F489

18.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F489	1.00	1.15	18.33	18.33
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFED80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF28E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE8DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 244, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.9% 0.129 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf7ad',
    500: '#f9f489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f489;
$custom-light: #fdf7ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 244,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.321,
    "s": 90.323,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94892,
    "c": 0.12948,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.86647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F489

secondary

#4F55D7

accent

#0AE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F489

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

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