#F9E46D#F9E46D

#F9E46D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.767; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.141 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E46D
RGB	rgb(249, 228, 109)
HSL	hsl(51, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 56.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.20, -7.14, 59.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.20, 60.07, 96.83°)
OKLab	oklab(91.31% -0.023 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(91.31% 0.141 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(69.5732, 76.7335, 25.6113)
Luminance	0.7673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E46D #6D82F9

analogous

#F99E6D #F9E46D #C8F96D

triadic

#F9E46D #6DF9E4 #E46DF9

tetradic

#F9E46D #6DF99E #6D82F9 #F96DC8

square

#F9E46D #6DF99E #6D82F9 #F96DC8

split-complementary

#F9E46D #6DC8F9 #9E6DF9

monochromatic

#E2C209 #F7D932 #F9E46D #FBEFA8 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F9E46D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.35

#F9E46D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E46D

16.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E46D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E46D	1.00	1.28	16.35	16.35
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DE61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE673

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e46d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 228, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.141 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feec9a',
    500: '#f9e46d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e46d;
$custom-light: #feec9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e46d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 92.105,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91307,
    "c": 0.14067,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.76731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E46D

secondary

#374ED4

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E46D

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

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