#F9F977#F9F977

#F9F977 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.892; OKLCH L 95.7% C 0.152 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F977
RGB	rgb(249, 249, 119)
HSL	hsl(60, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(60, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 52.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.67, -16.71, 61.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.67, 63.69, 105.21°)
OKLab	oklab(95.69% -0.0494 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(95.69% 0.152 109)
XYZ	xyz(76.2743, 89.2249, 30.6534)
Luminance	0.8922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F977 #7777F9

analogous

#F9B877 #F9F977 #B8F977

triadic

#F9F977 #77F9F9 #F977F9

tetradic

#F9F977 #77F9B8 #7777F9 #F977B8

square

#F9F977 #77F9B8 #7777F9 #F977B8

split-complementary

#F9F977 #77B8F9 #B877F9

monochromatic

#EBEB0A #F6F63C #F9F977 #FCFCB2 #FEFEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.11

#F9F977 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.84

#F9F977 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F977

18.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F977	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F977	1.00	1.11	18.84	18.84
#FFFFFF	1.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF06A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF57E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEBDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F3F3F3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f977;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 249, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.7% 0.152 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fefba2',
    500: '#f9f977',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f977;
$custom-light: #fefba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f977",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 91.549,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95691,
    "c": 0.15199,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.89223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F977

secondary

#3F3FD5

accent

#00E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF6

border

#D7D7D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F977

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

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