#F9E556#F9E556

#F9E556 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.160 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E556
RGB	rgb(249, 229, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 93%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 65.5%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.25, -9.12, 69.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.25, 70.08, 97.48°)
OKLab	oklab(91.29% -0.0313 0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(91.29% 0.16 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(68.7688, 76.8532, 20.0141)
Luminance	0.7685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E556 #566AF9

analogous

#F99356 #F9E556 #BBF956

triadic

#F9E556 #56F9E5 #E556F9

tetradic

#F9E556 #56F993 #566AF9 #F956BB

square

#F9E556 #56F993 #566AF9 #F956BB

split-complementary

#F9E556 #56BBF9 #9356F9

monochromatic

#CDB507 #F7DC1B #F9E556 #FBEE91 #FDF7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F9E556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.37

#F9E556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E556

16.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E556	1.00	1.28	16.37	16.37
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 229, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.160 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec8c',
    500: '#f9e556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e556;
$custom-light: #ffec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.638,
    "s": 93.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91287,
    "c": 0.15974,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.7685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E556

secondary

#2A3EC9

accent

#1CE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E556

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

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