#F9E26F#F9E26F

#F9E26F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.137 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#F9E26F
RGBrgb(249, 226, 111)
HSLhsl(50, 92%, 71%)
HSVhsv(50, 55%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 9.2%, 55.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LABlab(89.71, -5.99, 58.18)
CIE-LCHlch(89.71, 58.49, 95.88°)
OKLaboklab(90.93% -0.0195 0.1358)
OKLCHoklch(90.93% 0.137 98.2)
XYZxyz(69.1351, 75.6830, 26.0025)
Luminance0.7568 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#F9E26F #6F86F9
analogous
#F99D6F #F9E26F #CBF96F
triadic
#F9E26F #6FF9E2 #E26FF9
tetradic
#F9E26F #6FF99D #6F86F9 #F96FCB
square
#F9E26F #6FF99D #6F86F9 #F96FCB
split-complementary
#F9E26F #6FCBF9 #9D6FF9
monochromatic
#E4C00A #F7D634 #F9E26F #FBEEAA #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30
#F9E26F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.14
#F9E26F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E26F
16.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##F9E26F#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##F9E26F1.001.3016.1416.14
#FFFFFF1.301.0021.0021.00
#00000016.1421.001.001.00
##00000016.1421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F5DD64
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FBE574
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFD4C8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #f9e26f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 226, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.137 98.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feea9b',
    500: '#f9e26f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #f9e26f;
$custom-light: #feea9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#f9e26f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 92,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90928,
    "c": 0.13723,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#F9E26F
secondary
#3852D4
accent
#26E600
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFDF5
border
#D7D5CF
text
#18160E
muted
#86847F

Preview Lab

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#F9E26F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva