#F9E46F#F9E46F

#F9E46F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.139 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E46F
RGB	rgb(249, 228, 111)
HSL	hsl(51, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 55.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.22, -6.99, 58.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.22, 59.18, 96.78°)
OKLab	oklab(91.33% -0.0224 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(91.33% 0.139 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(69.6821, 76.7770, 26.1848)
Luminance	0.7677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E46F #6F84F9

analogous

#F99F6F #F9E46F #C9F96F

triadic

#F9E46F #6FF9E4 #E46FF9

tetradic

#F9E46F #6FF99F #6F84F9 #F96FC9

square

#F9E46F #6FF99F #6F84F9 #F96FC9

split-complementary

#F9E46F #6FC9F9 #9F6FF9

monochromatic

#E4C30A #F7D934 #F9E46F #FBEFAA #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F9E46F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.35

#F9E46F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E46F

16.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E46F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E46F	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)

#F7DF64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE674

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e46f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 228, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.139 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feec9c',
    500: '#f9e46f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e46f;
$custom-light: #feec9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e46f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.87,
    "s": 92,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91329,
    "c": 0.13891,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E46F

secondary

#3850D4

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E46F

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

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