#F9E36C#F9E36C

#F9E36C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.141 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E36C
RGB	rgb(249, 227, 108)
HSL	hsl(51, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 56.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.94, -6.71, 59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.94, 60.17, 96.41°)
OKLab	oklab(91.1% -0.0219 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(91.1% 0.141 99)
XYZ	xyz(69.2454, 76.1635, 25.2380)
Luminance	0.7616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E36C #6C82F9

analogous

#F99C6C #F9E36C #C9F96C

triadic

#F9E36C #6CF9E3 #E36CF9

tetradic

#F9E36C #6CF99C #6C82F9 #F96CC9

square

#F9E36C #6CF99C #6C82F9 #F96CC9

split-complementary

#F9E36C #6CC9F9 #9C6CF9

monochromatic

#E1C009 #F7D831 #F9E36C #FBEEA7 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F9E36C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.23

#F9E36C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E36C

16.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E36C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E36C	1.00	1.29	16.23	16.23
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DE60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE672

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e36c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 227, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.141 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeb9a',
    500: '#f9e36c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e36c;
$custom-light: #feeb9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e36c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.638,
    "s": 92.157,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91095,
    "c": 0.1407,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.76161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E36C

secondary

#364ED4

accent

#24E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E36C

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

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