#F9E06C#F9E06C

#F9E06C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.138 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E06C
RGB	rgb(249, 224, 108)
HSL	hsl(49, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 56.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.18, -5.21, 58.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.18, 59.15, 95.05°)
OKLab	oklab(90.49% -0.0176 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(90.49% 0.138 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(68.4320, 74.5367, 24.9669)
Luminance	0.7453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E06C #6C85F9

analogous

#F99A6C #F9E06C #CBF96C

triadic

#F9E06C #6CF9E0 #E06CF9

tetradic

#F9E06C #6CF99A #6C85F9 #F96CCB

square

#F9E06C #6CF99A #6C85F9 #F96CCB

split-complementary

#F9E06C #6CCBF9 #9A6CF9

monochromatic

#E1BB09 #F7D431 #F9E06C #FBECA7 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#F9E06C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.91

#F9E06C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E06C

15.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E06C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E06C	1.00	1.32	15.91	15.91
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DB60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE471

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e06c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 224, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.138 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee999',
    500: '#f9e06c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e06c;
$custom-light: #fee999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e06c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.362,
    "s": 92.157,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90493,
    "c": 0.13824,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E06C

secondary

#3652D4

accent

#29E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E06C

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

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