#F9E376#F9E376

#F9E376 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.764; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.132 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E376
RGB	rgb(249, 227, 118)
HSL	hsl(50, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 52.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.04, -5.95, 55.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.04, 55.65, 96.13°)
OKLab	oklab(91.21% -0.0186 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(91.21% 0.132 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(69.8084, 76.3887, 28.2034)
Luminance	0.7639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E376 #768CF9

analogous

#F9A276 #F9E376 #CDF976

triadic

#F9E376 #76F9E3 #E376F9

tetradic

#F9E376 #76F9A2 #768CF9 #F976CD

square

#F9E376 #76F9A2 #768CF9 #F976CD

split-complementary

#F9E376 #76CDF9 #A276F9

monochromatic

#EAC50A #F6D73B #F9E376 #FCEFB1 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F9E376 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.28

#F9E376 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E376

16.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E376	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E376	1.00	1.29	16.28	16.28
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DE6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE67B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e376;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 227, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.132 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeba0',
    500: '#f9e376',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e376;
$custom-light: #feeba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e376",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.924,
    "s": 91.608,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91211,
    "c": 0.13169,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E376

secondary

#3E58D5

accent

#27E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E376

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

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