#F9E656#F9E656

#F9E656 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.161 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E656
RGB	rgb(249, 230, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 93%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 65.5%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.51, -9.62, 69.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.51, 70.41, 97.85°)
OKLab	oklab(91.49% -0.0327 0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(91.49% 0.161 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(69.0463, 77.4081, 20.1066)
Luminance	0.7741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E656 #5669F9

analogous

#F99456 #F9E656 #BAF956

triadic

#F9E656 #56F9E6 #E656F9

tetradic

#F9E656 #56F994 #5669F9 #F956BA

square

#F9E656 #56F994 #5669F9 #F956BA

split-complementary

#F9E656 #56BAF9 #9456F9

monochromatic

#CDB607 #F7DD1B #F9E656 #FBEF91 #FDF7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F9E656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.48

#F9E656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E656

16.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E656	1.00	1.27	16.48	16.48
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 230, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.161 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffed8c',
    500: '#f9e656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e656;
$custom-light: #ffed8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.006,
    "s": 93.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91489,
    "c": 0.16057,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E656

secondary

#2A3DC9

accent

#1BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E656

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

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