#F9F879#F9F879

#F9F879 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.887; OKLCH L 95.5% C 0.149 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F879
RGB	rgb(249, 248, 121)
HSL	hsl(60, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(60, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 51.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.44, -16.07, 60.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.44, 62.40, 104.93°)
OKLab	oklab(95.51% -0.0473 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(95.51% 0.149 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(76.0874, 88.6570, 31.1899)
Luminance	0.8865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F879 #797AF9

analogous

#F9B879 #F9F879 #BAF979

triadic

#F9F879 #79F9F8 #F879F9

tetradic

#F9F879 #79F9B8 #797AF9 #F979BA

square

#F9F879 #79F9B8 #797AF9 #F979BA

split-complementary

#F9F879 #79BAF9 #B879F9

monochromatic

#EDEB0B #F6F53E #F9F879 #FCFBB4 #FEFDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.12

#F9F879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.73

#F9F879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F879

18.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F879	1.00	1.12	18.73	18.73
#FFFFFF	1.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEF6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF480

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEBDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F2F2F2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 248, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.5% 0.149 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fefaa3',
    500: '#f9f879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f879;
$custom-light: #fefaa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.531,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95509,
    "c": 0.14912,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.88655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F879

secondary

#4142D5

accent

#02E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF6

border

#D7D7D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F879

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

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