#F9F779#F9F779

#F9F779 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.880; OKLCH L 95.3% C 0.148 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F779
RGB	rgb(249, 247, 121)
HSL	hsl(59, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(59, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 51.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.18, -15.59, 59.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.18, 61.98, 104.56°)
OKLab	oklab(95.3% -0.046 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(95.3% 0.148 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(75.7808, 88.0437, 31.0877)
Luminance	0.8804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F779 #797BF9

analogous

#F9B779 #F9F779 #BBF979

triadic

#F9F779 #79F9F7 #F779F9

tetradic

#F9F779 #79F9B7 #797BF9 #F979BB

square

#F9F779 #79F9B7 #797BF9 #F979BB

split-complementary

#F9F779 #79BBF9 #B779F9

monochromatic

#EDE90B #F6F43E #F9F779 #FCFAB4 #FEFDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.13

#F9F779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.61

#F9F779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F779

18.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F779	1.00	1.13	18.61	18.61
#FFFFFF	1.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEE6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF37F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEADB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F1F1F1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 247, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.3% 0.148 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef9a3',
    500: '#f9f779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f779;
$custom-light: #fef9a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 247,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.063,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95304,
    "c": 0.14807,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.88042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F779

secondary

#4143D5

accent

#04E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF6

border

#D7D7D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F779

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

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