#F9DE6E#F9DE6E

#F9DE6E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.135 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9DE6E
RGB	rgb(249, 222, 110)
HSL	hsl(48, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(48, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 55.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.69, -4.05, 57.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.69, 57.60, 94.03°)
OKLab	oklab(90.12% -0.014 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(90.12% 0.135 96)
XYZ	xyz(68.0053, 73.5111, 25.3558)
Luminance	0.7351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9DE6E #6E89F9

analogous

#F9986E #F9DE6E #CFF96E

triadic

#F9DE6E #6EF9DE #DE6EF9

tetradic

#F9DE6E #6EF998 #6E89F9 #F96ECF

square

#F9DE6E #6EF998 #6E89F9 #F96ECF

split-complementary

#F9DE6E #6ECFF9 #986EF9

monochromatic

#E3B909 #F7D133 #F9DE6E #FBEBA9 #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#F9DE6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.70

#F9DE6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9DE6E

15.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9DE6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9DE6E	1.00	1.34	15.70	15.70
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DA63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E273

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9de6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 222, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.135 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee89b',
    500: '#f9de6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9de6e;
$custom-light: #fee89b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9de6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.345,
    "s": 92.053,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90116,
    "c": 0.13489,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.73508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9DE6E

secondary

#3756D4

accent

#2DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9DE6E

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

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