#F9FA59#F9FA59

#F9FA59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.892; OKLCH L 95.6% C 0.177 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9FA59
RGB	rgb(249, 250, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 64.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.68, -19.21, 73.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.68, 76.38, 104.57°)
OKLab	oklab(95.61% -0.0595 0.1665)
OKLCH	oklch(95.61% 0.177 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(75.0581, 89.2343, 22.7194)
Luminance	0.8923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9FA59 #5A59FA

analogous

#FAAB59 #F9FA59 #A9FA59

triadic

#F9FA59 #59F9FA #FA59F9

tetradic

#F9FA59 #59FAAB #5A59FA #FA59A9

square

#F9FA59 #59FAAB #5A59FA #FA59A9

split-complementary

#F9FA59 #59A9FA #AB59FA

monochromatic

#D1D206 #F7F81E #F9FA59 #FBFC94 #FDFED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.11

#F9FA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.85

#F9FA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9FA59

18.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9FA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9FA59	1.00	1.11	18.85	18.85
#FFFFFF	1.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEBD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F3F3F3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9fa59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 250, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.6% 0.177 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffb90',
    500: '#f9fa59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9fa59;
$custom-light: #fffb90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9fa59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 250,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.373,
    "s": 94.152,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95613,
    "c": 0.1768,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.89232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9FA59

secondary

#2B2ACD

accent

#00E601

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF4

border

#D7D7CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9FA59

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

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