#F9E56C#F9E56C

#F9E56C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.142 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E56C
RGB	rgb(249, 229, 108)
HSL	hsl(51, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 56.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.44, -7.71, 60.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.44, 60.86, 97.28°)
OKLab	oklab(91.5% -0.0248 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(91.5% 0.142 100)
XYZ	xyz(69.7955, 77.2639, 25.4214)
Luminance	0.7726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E56C #6C80F9

analogous

#F99E6C #F9E56C #C7F96C

triadic

#F9E56C #6CF9E5 #E56CF9

tetradic

#F9E56C #6CF99E #6C80F9 #F96CC7

square

#F9E56C #6CF99E #6C80F9 #F96CC7

split-complementary

#F9E56C #6CC7F9 #9E6CF9

monochromatic

#E1C309 #F7DB31 #F9E56C #FBEFA7 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F9E56C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.45

#F9E56C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E56C

16.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E56C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E56C	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)

#F8DF60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE772

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e56c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 229, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.142 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feec9a',
    500: '#f9e56c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e56c;
$custom-light: #feec9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e56c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.489,
    "s": 92.157,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91497,
    "c": 0.1424,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.77261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E56C

secondary

#364CD4

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E56C

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

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