#F9F679#F9F679

#F9F679 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.874; OKLCH L 95.1% C 0.147 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F679
RGB	rgb(249, 246, 121)
HSL	hsl(59, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(59, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 51.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.92, -15.10, 59.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.92, 61.57, 104.20°)
OKLab	oklab(95.1% -0.0446 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(95.1% 0.147 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(75.4758, 87.4338, 30.9860)
Luminance	0.8743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F679 #797CF9

analogous

#F9B679 #F9F679 #BCF979

triadic

#F9F679 #79F9F6 #F679F9

tetradic

#F9F679 #79F9B6 #797CF9 #F979BC

square

#F9F679 #79F9B6 #797CF9 #F979BC

split-complementary

#F9F679 #79BCF9 #B679F9

monochromatic

#EDE80B #F6F23E #F9F679 #FCFAB4 #FEFDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.14

#F9F679 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.49

#F9F679 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F679

18.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F679	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F679	1.00	1.14	18.49	18.49
#FFFFFF	1.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEE6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF37F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE9DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F0F0F0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f679;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 246, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.1% 0.147 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef9a3',
    500: '#f9f679',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f679;
$custom-light: #fef9a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f679",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 246,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.594,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95099,
    "c": 0.14703,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.87432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F679

secondary

#4144D5

accent

#05E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF6

border

#D7D7D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F679

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

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