#F9DE6A#F9DE6A

#F9DE6A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.138 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9DE6A
RGB	rgb(249, 222, 106)
HSL	hsl(49, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 57.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.65, -4.34, 59.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.65, 59.39, 94.19°)
OKLab	oklab(90.07% -0.0153 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(90.07% 0.138 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(67.7924, 73.4260, 24.2346)
Luminance	0.7342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9DE6A #6A85F9

analogous

#F9966A #F9DE6A #CDF96A

triadic

#F9DE6A #6AF9DE #DE6AF9

tetradic

#F9DE6A #6AF996 #6A85F9 #F96ACD

square

#F9DE6A #6AF996 #6A85F9 #F96ACD

split-complementary

#F9DE6A #6ACDF9 #966AF9

monochromatic

#E0B709 #F7D12F #F9DE6A #FBEBA5 #FEF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#F9DE6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.68

#F9DE6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9DE6A

15.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9DE6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9DE6A	1.00	1.34	15.68	15.68
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D95E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E26F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9de6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 222, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.138 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee898',
    500: '#f9de6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9de6a;
$custom-light: #fee898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9de6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.671,
    "s": 92.258,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90071,
    "c": 0.13838,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9DE6A

secondary

#3452D3

accent

#2BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9DE6A

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

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