#F9E266#F9E266

#F9E266 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.145 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E266
RGB	rgb(249, 226, 102)
HSL	hsl(51, 92%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 59%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.62, -6.63, 62.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.62, 62.46, 96.10°)
OKLab	oklab(90.83% -0.0224 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(90.83% 0.145 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(68.6642, 75.4947, 23.5229)
Luminance	0.7549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E266 #667DF9

analogous

#F99966 #F9E266 #C7F966

triadic

#F9E266 #66F9E2 #E266F9

tetradic

#F9E266 #66F999 #667DF9 #F966C7

square

#F9E266 #66F999 #667DF9 #F966C7

split-complementary

#F9E266 #66C7F9 #9966F9

monochromatic

#DCBB09 #F7D72B #F9E266 #FBEDA1 #FEF8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#F9E266 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.10

#F9E266 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E266

16.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E266	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E266	1.00	1.30	16.10	16.10
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DD59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE56C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e266;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 226, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.145 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feea96',
    500: '#f9e266',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e266;
$custom-light: #feea96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e266",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.612,
    "s": 92.453,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9083,
    "c": 0.14496,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.75492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E266

secondary

#304AD3

accent

#24E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E266

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

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