#F9F871#F9F871

#F9F871 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.885; OKLCH L 95.4% C 0.156 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F871
RGB	rgb(249, 248, 113)
HSL	hsl(60, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(60, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 54.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.36, -16.69, 63.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.36, 65.89, 104.67°)
OKLab	oklab(95.42% -0.0499 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(95.42% 0.156 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(75.6170, 88.4688, 28.7125)
Luminance	0.8847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F871 #7172F9

analogous

#F9B471 #F9F871 #B6F971

triadic

#F9F871 #71F9F8 #F871F9

tetradic

#F9F871 #71F9B4 #7172F9 #F971B6

square

#F9F871 #71F9B4 #7172F9 #F971B6

split-complementary

#F9F871 #71B6F9 #B471F9

monochromatic

#E6E40A #F7F536 #F9F871 #FBFBAC #FEFEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.12

#F9F871 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.69

#F9F871 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F871

18.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F871	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F871	1.00	1.12	18.69	18.69
#FFFFFF	1.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEF63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEADA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F2F2F2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f871;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 248, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.4% 0.156 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fefa9e',
    500: '#f9f871',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f871;
$custom-light: #fefa9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f871",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.559,
    "s": 91.892,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9542,
    "c": 0.1562,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.88467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F871

secondary

#3A3BD4

accent

#02E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF5

border

#D7D7CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F871

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

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