#F9E46A#F9E46A

#F9E46A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.767; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.143 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E46A
RGB	rgb(249, 228, 106)
HSL	hsl(51, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 57.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.17, -7.36, 60.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.17, 61.39, 96.88°)
OKLab	oklab(91.27% -0.024 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(91.27% 0.143 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.4144, 76.6700, 24.7753)
Luminance	0.7667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E46A #6A7FF9

analogous

#F99D6A #F9E46A #C6F96A

triadic

#F9E46A #6AF9E4 #E46AF9

tetradic

#F9E46A #6AF99D #6A7FF9 #F96AC6

square

#F9E46A #6AF99D #6A7FF9 #F96AC6

split-complementary

#F9E46A #6AC6F9 #9D6AF9

monochromatic

#E0C009 #F7D92F #F9E46A #FBEFA5 #FEF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F9E46A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.33

#F9E46A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E46A

16.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E46A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E46A	1.00	1.29	16.33	16.33
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DE5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e46a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 228, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.143 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feec98',
    500: '#f9e46a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e46a;
$custom-light: #feec98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e46a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.189,
    "s": 92.258,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91274,
    "c": 0.14326,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.76667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E46A

secondary

#344BD3

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E46A

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

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