#F9F989#F9F989

#F9F989 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.897; OKLCH L 95.9% C 0.135 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F989
RGB	rgb(249, 249, 137)
HSL	hsl(60, 90%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(60, 45%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 45%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.87, -15.17, 53.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.87, 55.56, 105.85°)
OKLab	oklab(95.91% -0.0432 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(95.91% 0.135 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(77.4595, 89.6990, 36.8953)
Luminance	0.8970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F989 #8989F9

analogous

#F9C189 #F9F989 #C1F989

triadic

#F9F989 #89F9F9 #F989F9

tetradic

#F9F989 #89F9C1 #8989F9 #F989C1

square

#F9F989 #89F9C1 #8989F9 #F989C1

split-complementary

#F9F989 #89C1F9 #C189F9

monochromatic

#F3F315 #F6F64F #F9F989 #FCFCC3 #FEFEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.11

#F9F989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.94

#F9F989 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F989

18.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F989	1.00	1.11	18.94	18.94
#FFFFFF	1.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF17F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF58E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEDDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F3F3F3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 249, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.9% 0.135 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdfbad',
    500: '#f9f989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f989;
$custom-light: #fdfbad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 90.323,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95912,
    "c": 0.1349,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.89697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F989

secondary

#4F4FD7

accent

#00E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF7

border

#D7D7D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F989

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

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