#F9E456#F9E456

#F9E456 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.763; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.159 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E456
RGB	rgb(249, 228, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 93%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 65.5%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.00, -8.62, 69.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.00, 69.75, 97.10°)
OKLab	oklab(91.09% -0.0298 0.1561)
OKLCH	oklch(91.09% 0.159 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(68.4929, 76.3014, 19.9221)
Luminance	0.7630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E456 #566BF9

analogous

#F99256 #F9E456 #BCF956

triadic

#F9E456 #56F9E4 #E456F9

tetradic

#F9E456 #56F992 #566BF9 #F956BC

square

#F9E456 #56F992 #566BF9 #F956BC

split-complementary

#F9E456 #56BCF9 #9256F9

monochromatic

#CDB407 #F7DB1B #F9E456 #FBED91 #FDF7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F9E456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.26

#F9E456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E456

16.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E456	1.00	1.29	16.26	16.26
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 228, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.159 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec8c',
    500: '#f9e456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e456;
$custom-light: #ffec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.27,
    "s": 93.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91085,
    "c": 0.15892,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.76298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E456

secondary

#2A3FC9

accent

#1EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E456

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

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