#F9E56B#F9E56B

#F9E56B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.143 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E56B
RGB	rgb(249, 229, 107)
HSL	hsl(52, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 57%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.43, -7.78, 60.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.43, 61.30, 97.30°)
OKLab	oklab(91.49% -0.0251 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(91.49% 0.143 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(69.7426, 77.2427, 25.1427)
Luminance	0.7724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E56B #6B7FF9

analogous

#F99E6B #F9E56B #C6F96B

triadic

#F9E56B #6BF9E5 #E56BF9

tetradic

#F9E56B #6BF99E #6B7FF9 #F96BC6

square

#F9E56B #6BF99E #6B7FF9 #F96BC6

split-complementary

#F9E56B #6BC6F9 #9E6BF9

monochromatic

#E0C209 #F7DB30 #F9E56B #FBEFA6 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F9E56B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.45

#F9E56B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E56B

16.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E56B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E56B	1.00	1.28	16.45	16.45
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DF5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE771

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e56b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 229, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.143 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feec99',
    500: '#f9e56b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e56b;
$custom-light: #feec99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e56b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.549,
    "s": 92.208,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91487,
    "c": 0.14326,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.7724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E56B

secondary

#354BD3

accent

#20E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E56B

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

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