#F9D96E#F9D96E

#F9D96E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.131 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D96E
RGB	rgb(249, 217, 110)
HSL	hsl(46, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(46, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 55.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.43, -1.52, 56.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.43, 56.02, 91.55°)
OKLab	oklab(89.12% -0.0067 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(89.12% 0.131 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(66.6970, 70.8944, 24.9197)
Luminance	0.7089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D96E #6E8EF9

analogous

#F9936E #F9D96E #D3F96E

triadic

#F9D96E #6EF9D9 #D96EF9

tetradic

#F9D96E #6EF993 #6E8EF9 #F96ED3

square

#F9D96E #6EF993 #6E8EF9 #F96ED3

split-complementary

#F9D96E #6ED3F9 #936EF9

monochromatic

#E3B109 #F7CA33 #F9D96E #FBE8A9 #FEF7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#F9D96E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.18

#F9D96E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D96E

15.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D96E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D96E	1.00	1.38	15.18	15.18
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD664

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d96e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 217, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.131 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee49a',
    500: '#f9d96e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d96e;
$custom-light: #fee49a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d96e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.187,
    "s": 92.053,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89123,
    "c": 0.13118,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.70891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D96E

secondary

#375BD4

accent

#35E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D96E

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

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