#F9F790#F9F790

#F9F790 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.887; OKLCH L 95.6% C 0.126 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F790
RGB	rgb(249, 247, 144)
HSL	hsl(59, 90%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(59, 42%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 42.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.45, -13.53, 49.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.45, 51.41, 105.25°)
OKLab	oklab(95.6% -0.0379 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(95.6% 0.126 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(77.3631, 88.6766, 39.4211)
Luminance	0.8868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F790 #9092F9

analogous

#F9C390 #F9F790 #C7F990

triadic

#F9F790 #90F9F7 #F790F9

tetradic

#F9F790 #90F9C3 #9092F9 #F990C7

square

#F9F790 #90F9C3 #9092F9 #F990C7

split-complementary

#F9F790 #90C7F9 #C390F9

monochromatic

#F3EF1C #F6F356 #F9F790 #FCFBCA #FDFDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.12

#F9F790 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.74

#F9F790 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F790

18.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F790	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F790	1.00	1.12	18.74	18.74
#FFFFFF	1.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF088

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF495

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEBDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F2F2F2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f790;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 247, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.6% 0.126 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf9b2',
    500: '#f9f790',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f790;
$custom-light: #fdf9b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f790",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 247,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.857,
    "s": 89.744,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95601,
    "c": 0.12553,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.88675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F790

secondary

#5558D8

accent

#04E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF8

border

#D7D7D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F790

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

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