#F9E26D#F9E26D

#F9E26D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.139 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E26D
RGB	rgb(249, 226, 109)
HSL	hsl(50, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(50, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 56.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.69, -6.14, 59.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.69, 59.38, 95.93°)
OKLab	oklab(90.91% -0.0202 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(90.91% 0.139 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(69.0262, 75.6395, 25.4290)
Luminance	0.7564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E26D #6D84F9

analogous

#F99C6D #F9E26D #CAF96D

triadic

#F9E26D #6DF9E2 #E26DF9

tetradic

#F9E26D #6DF99C #6D84F9 #F96DCA

square

#F9E26D #6DF99C #6D84F9 #F96DCA

split-complementary

#F9E26D #6DCAF9 #9C6DF9

monochromatic

#E2BF09 #F7D632 #F9E26D #FBEEA8 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#F9E26D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.13

#F9E26D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E26D

16.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E26D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E26D	1.00	1.30	16.13	16.13
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DD61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE572

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e26d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 226, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.139 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feea9a',
    500: '#f9e26d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e26d;
$custom-light: #feea9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e26d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.143,
    "s": 92.105,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90905,
    "c": 0.13899,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E26D

secondary

#3750D4

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E26D

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

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