#F9E66E#F9E66E

#F9E66E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.142 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E66E
RGB	rgb(249, 230, 110)
HSL	hsl(52, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 55.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.72, -8.06, 59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.72, 60.33, 97.68°)
OKLab	oklab(91.72% -0.0256 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(91.72% 0.142 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(70.1807, 77.8619, 26.0809)
Luminance	0.7786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E66E #6E81F9

analogous

#F9A16E #F9E66E #C6F96E

triadic

#F9E66E #6EF9E6 #E66EF9

tetradic

#F9E66E #6EF9A1 #6E81F9 #F96EC6

square

#F9E66E #6EF9A1 #6E81F9 #F96EC6

split-complementary

#F9E66E #6EC6F9 #A16EF9

monochromatic

#E3C509 #F7DC33 #F9E66E #FBF0A9 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F9E66E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.57

#F9E66E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E66E

16.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E66E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E66E	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)

#F9E062

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE874

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e66e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 230, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.142 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feed9b',
    500: '#f9e66e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e66e;
$custom-light: #feed9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e66e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.799,
    "s": 92.053,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91721,
    "c": 0.14152,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E66E

secondary

#374DD4

accent

#1FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E66E

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

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