#F9F985#F9F985

#F9F985 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.896; OKLCH L 95.9% C 0.139 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F985
RGB	rgb(249, 249, 133)
HSL	hsl(60, 91%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(60, 47%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 46.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.82, -15.54, 55.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.82, 57.40, 105.70°)
OKLab	oklab(95.86% -0.0446 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(95.86% 0.139 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(77.1779, 89.5863, 35.4121)
Luminance	0.8959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F985 #8585F9

analogous

#F9BF85 #F9F985 #BFF985

triadic

#F9F985 #85F9F9 #F985F9

tetradic

#F9F985 #85F9BF #8585F9 #F985BF

square

#F9F985 #85F9BF #8585F9 #F985BF

split-complementary

#F9F985 #85BFF9 #BF85F9

monochromatic

#F3F310 #F6F64B #F9F985 #FCFCBF #FEFEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.11

#F9F985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.92

#F9F985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F985

18.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F985	1.00	1.11	18.92	18.92
#FFFFFF	1.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF17B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF58B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFECDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F3F3F3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 249, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.9% 0.139 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdfbab',
    500: '#f9f985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f985;
$custom-light: #fdfbab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 90.625,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9586,
    "c": 0.13885,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.89585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F985

secondary

#4B4BD7

accent

#00E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF7

border

#D7D7D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F985

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

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