#F9E476#F9E476

#F9E476 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.133 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E476
RGB	rgb(249, 228, 118)
HSL	hsl(50, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 52.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.29, -6.45, 55.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.29, 56.01, 96.61°)
OKLab	oklab(91.41% -0.0201 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(91.41% 0.133 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(70.0827, 76.9373, 28.2948)
Luminance	0.7693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E476 #768BF9

analogous

#F9A376 #F9E476 #CCF976

triadic

#F9E476 #76F9E4 #E476F9

tetradic

#F9E476 #76F9A3 #768BF9 #F976CC

square

#F9E476 #76F9A3 #768BF9 #F976CC

split-complementary

#F9E476 #76CCF9 #A376F9

monochromatic

#EAC60A #F6D83B #F9E476 #FCF0B1 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F9E476 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.39

#F9E476 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E476

16.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E476	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E476	1.00	1.28	16.39	16.39
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DF6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE77B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e476;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 228, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.133 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeca0',
    500: '#f9e476',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e476;
$custom-light: #feeca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e476",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.382,
    "s": 91.608,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91412,
    "c": 0.13255,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E476

secondary

#3E56D5

accent

#25E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E476

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

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