#F9E36F#F9E36F

#F9E36F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.138 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E36F
RGB	rgb(249, 227, 111)
HSL	hsl(50, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(50, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 55.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.97, -6.49, 58.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.97, 58.83, 96.33°)
OKLab	oklab(91.13% -0.021 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(91.13% 0.138 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(69.4078, 76.2284, 26.0934)
Luminance	0.7623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E36F #6F85F9

analogous

#F99E6F #F9E36F #CAF96F

triadic

#F9E36F #6FF9E3 #E36FF9

tetradic

#F9E36F #6FF99E #6F85F9 #F96FCA

square

#F9E36F #6FF99E #6F85F9 #F96FCA

split-complementary

#F9E36F #6FCAF9 #9E6FF9

monochromatic

#E4C10A #F7D834 #F9E36F #FBEEAA #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F9E36F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.25

#F9E36F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E36F

16.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E36F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E36F	1.00	1.29	16.25	16.25
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DE64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE674

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e36f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 227, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.138 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeb9c',
    500: '#f9e36f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e36f;
$custom-light: #feeb9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e36f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.435,
    "s": 92,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91129,
    "c": 0.13806,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E36F

secondary

#3851D4

accent

#25E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E36F

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

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