#F9E66D#F9E66D

#F9E66D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.142 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E66D
RGB	rgb(249, 230, 109)
HSL	hsl(52, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 56.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.71, -8.14, 60.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.71, 60.77, 97.70°)
OKLab	oklab(91.71% -0.0259 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(91.71% 0.142 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(70.1265, 77.8402, 25.7958)
Luminance	0.7784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E66D #6D80F9

analogous

#F9A06D #F9E66D #C6F96D

triadic

#F9E66D #6DF9E6 #E66DF9

tetradic

#F9E66D #6DF9A0 #6D80F9 #F96DC6

square

#F9E66D #6DF9A0 #6D80F9 #F96DC6

split-complementary

#F9E66D #6DC6F9 #A06DF9

monochromatic

#E2C509 #F7DC32 #F9E66D #FBF0A8 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F9E66D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.57

#F9E66D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E66D

16.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E66D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E66D	1.00	1.27	16.57	16.57
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E061

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE873

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e66d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 230, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.142 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feed9a',
    500: '#f9e66d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e66d;
$custom-light: #feed9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e66d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.857,
    "s": 92.105,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9171,
    "c": 0.1424,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E66D

secondary

#374CD4

accent

#1FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E66D

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

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