#F9E56A#F9E56A

#F9E56A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.144 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E56A
RGB	rgb(249, 229, 106)
HSL	hsl(52, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 57.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.42, -7.86, 61.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.42, 61.74, 97.31°)
OKLab	oklab(91.48% -0.0254 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(91.48% 0.144 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(69.6903, 77.2218, 24.8672)
Luminance	0.7722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E56A #6A7EF9

analogous

#F99D6A #F9E56A #C6F96A

triadic

#F9E56A #6AF9E5 #E56AF9

tetradic

#F9E56A #6AF99D #6A7EF9 #F96AC6

square

#F9E56A #6AF99D #6A7EF9 #F96AC6

split-complementary

#F9E56A #6AC6F9 #9D6AF9

monochromatic

#E0C209 #F7DB2F #F9E56A #FBEFA5 #FEFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F9E56A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.44

#F9E56A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E56A

16.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E56A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E56A	1.00	1.28	16.44	16.44
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DF5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE770

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e56a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 229, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.144 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feec98',
    500: '#f9e56a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e56a;
$custom-light: #feec98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e56a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.608,
    "s": 92.258,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91476,
    "c": 0.14411,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E56A

secondary

#344AD3

accent

#20E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E56A

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

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