#F9E666#F9E666

#F9E666 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.148 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E666
RGB	rgb(249, 230, 102)
HSL	hsl(52, 92%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 59%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.64, -8.63, 63.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.64, 63.82, 97.77°)
OKLab	oklab(91.64% -0.0281 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(91.64% 0.148 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(69.7646, 77.6955, 23.8897)
Luminance	0.7769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E666 #6679F9

analogous

#F99D66 #F9E666 #C3F966

triadic

#F9E666 #66F9E6 #E666F9

tetradic

#F9E666 #66F99D #6679F9 #F966C3

square

#F9E666 #66F99D #6679F9 #F966C3

split-complementary

#F9E666 #66C3F9 #9D66F9

monochromatic

#DCC109 #F7DC2B #F9E666 #FBF0A1 #FEF9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F9E666 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.54

#F9E666 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E666

16.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E666	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E666	1.00	1.27	16.54	16.54
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E058

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE86D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e666;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 230, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.148 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feed96',
    500: '#f9e666',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e666;
$custom-light: #feed96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e666",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.245,
    "s": 92.453,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91636,
    "c": 0.14833,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E666

secondary

#3045D3

accent

#1EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E666

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

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