#F9E16D#F9E16D

#F9E16D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.138 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E16D
RGB	rgb(249, 225, 109)
HSL	hsl(50, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(50, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 56.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.44, -5.64, 58.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.44, 59.04, 95.48°)
OKLab	oklab(90.71% -0.0187 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(90.71% 0.138 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(68.7550, 75.0972, 25.3386)
Luminance	0.7509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E16D #6D85F9

analogous

#F99B6D #F9E16D #CBF96D

triadic

#F9E16D #6DF9E1 #E16DF9

tetradic

#F9E16D #6DF99B #6D85F9 #F96DCB

square

#F9E16D #6DF99B #6D85F9 #F96DCB

split-complementary

#F9E16D #6DCBF9 #9B6DF9

monochromatic

#E2BD09 #F7D532 #F9E16D #FBEDA8 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#F9E16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.02

#F9E16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E16D

16.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E16D	1.00	1.31	16.02	16.02
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DC62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE472

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 225, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.138 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feea9a',
    500: '#f9e16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e16d;
$custom-light: #feea9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.714,
    "s": 92.105,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90705,
    "c": 0.13817,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E16D

secondary

#3751D4

accent

#27E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E16D

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

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