#F9E36E#F9E36E

#F9E36E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.139 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E36E
RGB	rgb(249, 227, 110)
HSL	hsl(51, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 55.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.96, -6.57, 58.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.96, 59.28, 96.36°)
OKLab	oklab(91.12% -0.0213 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(91.12% 0.139 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(69.3530, 76.2065, 25.8050)
Luminance	0.7620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E36E #6E84F9

analogous

#F99E6E #F9E36E #C9F96E

triadic

#F9E36E #6EF9E3 #E36EF9

tetradic

#F9E36E #6EF99E #6E84F9 #F96EC9

square

#F9E36E #6EF99E #6E84F9 #F96EC9

split-complementary

#F9E36E #6EC9F9 #9E6EF9

monochromatic

#E3C109 #F7D833 #F9E36E #FBEEA9 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F9E36E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.24

#F9E36E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E36E

16.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E36E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E36E	1.00	1.29	16.24	16.24
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DE62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE673

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e36e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 227, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.139 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeb9b',
    500: '#f9e36e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e36e;
$custom-light: #feeb9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e36e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.504,
    "s": 92.053,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91117,
    "c": 0.13894,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.76204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E36E

secondary

#3750D4

accent

#24E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E36E

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

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