#F9E26C#F9E26C

#F9E26C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.140 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E26C
RGB	rgb(249, 226, 108)
HSL	hsl(50, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 56.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.68, -6.21, 59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.68, 59.83, 95.96°)
OKLab	oklab(90.89% -0.0205 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(90.89% 0.14 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(68.9726, 75.6181, 25.1471)
Luminance	0.7561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E26C #6C83F9

analogous

#F99C6C #F9E26C #C9F96C

triadic

#F9E26C #6CF9E2 #E26CF9

tetradic

#F9E26C #6CF99C #6C83F9 #F96CC9

square

#F9E26C #6CF99C #6C83F9 #F96CC9

split-complementary

#F9E26C #6CC9F9 #9C6CF9

monochromatic

#E1BE09 #F7D631 #F9E26C #FBEEA7 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#F9E26C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.12

#F9E26C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E26C

16.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E26C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E26C	1.00	1.30	16.12	16.12
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DD60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE572

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e26c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 226, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.140 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feea9a',
    500: '#f9e26c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e26c;
$custom-light: #feea9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e26c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.213,
    "s": 92.157,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90894,
    "c": 0.13986,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E26C

secondary

#364FD4

accent

#25E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E26C

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

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