#F9F970#F9F970

#F9F970 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.891; OKLCH L 95.6% C 0.158 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F970
RGB	rgb(249, 249, 112)
HSL	hsl(60, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(60, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 55%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.61, -17.25, 64.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.61, 66.73, 104.98°)
OKLab	oklab(95.62% -0.0516 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(95.62% 0.158 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(75.8693, 89.0629, 28.5204)
Luminance	0.8906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F970 #7070F9

analogous

#F9B470 #F9F970 #B4F970

triadic

#F9F970 #70F9F9 #F970F9

tetradic

#F9F970 #70F9B4 #7070F9 #F970B4

square

#F9F970 #70F9B4 #7070F9 #F970B4

split-complementary

#F9F970 #70B4F9 #B470F9

monochromatic

#E5E50A #F7F735 #F9F970 #FBFBAB #FEFEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.12

#F9F970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.81

#F9F970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F970

18.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F970	1.00	1.12	18.81	18.81
#FFFFFF	1.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF062

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF578

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEBDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F2F2F2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 249, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.6% 0.158 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fefb9d',
    500: '#f9f970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f970;
$custom-light: #fefb9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 91.946,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95616,
    "c": 0.15809,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.89061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F970

secondary

#3939D4

accent

#00E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF5

border

#D7D7CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F970

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

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