#F9E26A#F9E26A

#F9E26A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.142 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E26A
RGB	rgb(249, 226, 106)
HSL	hsl(50, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 57.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.66, -6.36, 60.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.66, 60.71, 96.01°)
OKLab	oklab(90.87% -0.0211 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(90.87% 0.142 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(68.8674, 75.5760, 24.5929)
Luminance	0.7557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E26A #6A81F9

analogous

#F99B6A #F9E26A #C8F96A

triadic

#F9E26A #6AF9E2 #E26AF9

tetradic

#F9E26A #6AF99B #6A81F9 #F96AC8

square

#F9E26A #6AF99B #6A81F9 #F96AC8

split-complementary

#F9E26A #6AC8F9 #9B6AF9

monochromatic

#E0BD09 #F7D72F #F9E26A #FBEDA5 #FEF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#F9E26A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.11

#F9E26A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E26A

16.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E26A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E26A	1.00	1.30	16.11	16.11
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DD5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE570

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e26a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 226, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.142 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feea98',
    500: '#f9e26a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e26a;
$custom-light: #feea98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e26a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.35,
    "s": 92.258,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90872,
    "c": 0.14159,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.75573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E26A

secondary

#344ED3

accent

#25E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E26A

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

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