#F9E36A#F9E36A

#F9E36A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.142 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E36A
RGB	rgb(249, 227, 106)
HSL	hsl(51, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 57.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.92, -6.86, 60.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.92, 61.05, 96.45°)
OKLab	oklab(91.07% -0.0226 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(91.07% 0.142 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(69.1401, 76.1214, 24.6838)
Luminance	0.7612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E36A #6A80F9

analogous

#F99B6A #F9E36A #C8F96A

triadic

#F9E36A #6AF9E3 #E36AF9

tetradic

#F9E36A #6AF99B #6A80F9 #F96AC8

square

#F9E36A #6AF99B #6A80F9 #F96AC8

split-complementary

#F9E36A #6AC8F9 #9B6AF9

monochromatic

#E0BF09 #F7D82F #F9E36A #FBEEA5 #FEF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F9E36A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.22

#F9E36A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E36A

16.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E36A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E36A	1.00	1.29	16.22	16.22
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DD5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e36a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 227, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.142 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeb98',
    500: '#f9e36a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e36a;
$custom-light: #feeb98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e36a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 92.258,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91073,
    "c": 0.14242,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E36A

secondary

#344CD3

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E36A

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

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