#F9D96C#F9D96C

#F9D96C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.133 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D96C
RGB	rgb(249, 217, 108)
HSL	hsl(46, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(46, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 56.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.41, -1.67, 56.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.41, 56.92, 91.68°)
OKLab	oklab(89.1% -0.0074 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(89.1% 0.133 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.5893, 70.8514, 24.3526)
Luminance	0.7085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D96C #6C8CF9

analogous

#F9936C #F9D96C #D2F96C

triadic

#F9D96C #6CF9D9 #D96CF9

tetradic

#F9D96C #6CF993 #6C8CF9 #F96CD2

square

#F9D96C #6CF993 #6C8CF9 #F96CD2

split-complementary

#F9D96C #6CD2F9 #936CF9

monochromatic

#E1B009 #F7CA31 #F9D96C #FBE8A7 #FEF7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#F9D96C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.17

#F9D96C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D96C

15.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D96C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D96C	1.00	1.38	15.17	15.17
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD661

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d96c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 217, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.133 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee499',
    500: '#f9d96c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d96c;
$custom-light: #fee499;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d96c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.383,
    "s": 92.157,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89099,
    "c": 0.13295,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D96C

secondary

#3659D4

accent

#34E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D96C

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

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