#F9E16A#F9E16A

#F9E16A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.141 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E16A
RGB	rgb(249, 225, 106)
HSL	hsl(50, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 57.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.41, -5.85, 60.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.41, 60.37, 95.56°)
OKLab	oklab(90.67% -0.0197 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(90.67% 0.141 98)
XYZ	xyz(68.5963, 75.0337, 24.5026)
Luminance	0.7503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E16A #6A82F9

analogous

#F99A6A #F9E16A #CAF96A

triadic

#F9E16A #6AF9E1 #E16AF9

tetradic

#F9E16A #6AF99A #6A82F9 #F96ACA

square

#F9E16A #6AF99A #6A82F9 #F96ACA

split-complementary

#F9E16A #6ACAF9 #9A6AF9

monochromatic

#E0BC09 #F7D52F #F9E16A #FBEDA5 #FEF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#F9E16A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.01

#F9E16A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E16A

16.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E16A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E16A	1.00	1.31	16.01	16.01
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DC5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE470

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e16a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 225, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.141 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feea98',
    500: '#f9e16a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e16a;
$custom-light: #feea98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e16a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.93,
    "s": 92.258,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90672,
    "c": 0.14077,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.75031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E16A

secondary

#344FD3

accent

#27E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E16A

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

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