#F9E06F#F9E06F

#F9E06F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.746; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.136 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E06F
RGB	rgb(249, 224, 111)
HSL	hsl(49, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 55.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.21, -4.98, 57.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.21, 57.81, 94.95°)
OKLab	oklab(90.53% -0.0166 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(90.53% 0.136 97)
XYZ	xyz(68.5944, 74.6017, 25.8222)
Luminance	0.7460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E06F #6F88F9

analogous

#F99B6F #F9E06F #CDF96F

triadic

#F9E06F #6FF9E0 #E06FF9

tetradic

#F9E06F #6FF99B #6F88F9 #F96FCD

square

#F9E06F #6FF99B #6F88F9 #F96FCD

split-complementary

#F9E06F #6FCDF9 #9B6FF9

monochromatic

#E4BC0A #F7D334 #F9E06F #FBEDAA #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#F9E06F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.92

#F9E06F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E06F

15.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E06F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E06F	1.00	1.32	15.92	15.92
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DB64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE474

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e06f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 224, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.136 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee99b',
    500: '#f9e06f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e06f;
$custom-light: #fee99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e06f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.13,
    "s": 92,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90527,
    "c": 0.13559,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.74599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E06F

secondary

#3854D4

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E06F

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

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