#F9F57D#F9F57D

#F9F57D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.869; OKLCH L 94.9% C 0.142 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F57D
RGB	rgb(249, 245, 125)
HSL	hsl(58, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(58, 50%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 49.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.71, -14.28, 57.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.71, 59.37, 103.92°)
OKLab	oklab(94.94% -0.0418 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(94.94% 0.142 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(75.4229, 86.9272, 32.2036)
Luminance	0.8692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F57D #7D81F9

analogous

#F9B77D #F9F57D #BFF97D

triadic

#F9F57D #7DF9F5 #F57DF9

tetradic

#F9F57D #7DF9B7 #7D81F9 #F97DBF

square

#F9F57D #7DF9B7 #7D81F9 #F97DBF

split-complementary

#F9F57D #7DBFF9 #B77DF9

monochromatic

#F0E90B #F6F142 #F9F57D #FCFAB7 #FEFDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.14

#F9F57D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.38

#F9F57D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F57D

18.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F57D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F57D	1.00	1.14	18.38	18.38
#FFFFFF	1.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFED72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF283

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE8DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F0F0F0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f57d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 245, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.9% 0.142 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf8a5',
    500: '#f9f57d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f57d;
$custom-light: #fdf8a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f57d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 245,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.065,
    "s": 91.176,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94942,
    "c": 0.14227,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.86925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F57D

secondary

#4449D6

accent

#07E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F57D

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

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