#F9F97B#F9F97B

#F9F97B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.893; OKLCH L 95.7% C 0.148 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F97B
RGB	rgb(249, 249, 123)
HSL	hsl(60, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(60, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 50.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.72, -16.39, 59.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.72, 61.93, 105.35°)
OKLab	oklab(95.74% -0.0481 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(95.74% 0.148 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(76.5196, 89.3230, 31.9453)
Luminance	0.8932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F97B #7B7BF9

analogous

#F9BA7B #F9F97B #BAF97B

triadic

#F9F97B #7BF9F9 #F97BF9

tetradic

#F9F97B #7BF9BA #7B7BF9 #F97BBA

square

#F9F97B #7BF9BA #7B7BF9 #F97BBA

split-complementary

#F9F97B #7BBAF9 #BA7BF9

monochromatic

#EFEF0B #F6F640 #F9F97B #FCFCB6 #FEFEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.11

#F9F97B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.86

#F9F97B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F97B

18.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F97B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F97B	1.00	1.11	18.86	18.86
#FFFFFF	1.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF06F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF582

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFECDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F3F3F3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f97b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 249, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.7% 0.148 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdfba4',
    500: '#f9f97b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f97b;
$custom-light: #fdfba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f97b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 91.304,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95737,
    "c": 0.14835,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.89321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F97B

secondary

#4343D6

accent

#00E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF6

border

#D7D7D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F97B

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

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