#F9E56F#F9E56F

#F9E56F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.140 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E56F
RGB	rgb(249, 229, 111)
HSL	hsl(51, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 55.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.47, -7.49, 59.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.47, 59.53, 97.23°)
OKLab	oklab(91.53% -0.0238 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(91.53% 0.14 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(69.9580, 77.3288, 26.2768)
Luminance	0.7733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E56F #6F83F9

analogous

#F9A06F #F9E56F #C8F96F

triadic

#F9E56F #6FF9E5 #E56FF9

tetradic

#F9E56F #6FF9A0 #6F83F9 #F96FC8

square

#F9E56F #6FF9A0 #6F83F9 #F96FC8

split-complementary

#F9E56F #6FC8F9 #A06FF9

monochromatic

#E4C40A #F7DA34 #F9E56F #FBF0AA #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F9E56F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.47

#F9E56F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E56F

16.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E56F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E56F	1.00	1.28	16.47	16.47
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DF63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE775

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e56f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 229, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.140 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feed9c',
    500: '#f9e56f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e56f;
$custom-light: #feed9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e56f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.304,
    "s": 92,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91531,
    "c": 0.13977,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.77326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E56F

secondary

#384FD4

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E56F

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

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