#F9F799#F9F799

#F9F799 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.890; OKLCH L 95.7% C 0.116 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F799
RGB	rgb(249, 247, 153)
HSL	hsl(59, 89%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(59, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 38.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.56, -12.61, 45.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.56, 47.12, 105.52°)
OKLab	oklab(95.74% -0.0346 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(95.74% 0.116 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(78.0786, 88.9628, 43.1893)
Luminance	0.8896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F799 #999BF9

analogous

#F9C799 #F9F799 #CBF999

triadic

#F9F799 #99F9F7 #F799F9

tetradic

#F9F799 #99F9C7 #999BF9 #F999CB

square

#F9F799 #99F9C7 #999BF9 #F999CB

split-complementary

#F9F799 #99CBF9 #C799F9

monochromatic

#F2EE25 #F6F25F #F9F799 #FCFCD3 #FDFDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.12

#F9F799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.79

#F9F799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F799

18.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F799	1.00	1.12	18.79	18.79
#FFFFFF	1.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF49D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFECE0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F2F2F2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 247, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.7% 0.116 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcf9b8',
    500: '#f9f799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f799;
$custom-light: #fcf9b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 247,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.75,
    "s": 88.889,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95735,
    "c": 0.11595,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.88961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F799

secondary

#5D60D9

accent

#05E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF8

border

#D7D7D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F799

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →