#F9E676#F9E676

#F9E676 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.134 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E676
RGB	rgb(249, 230, 118)
HSL	hsl(51, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(51, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 52.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.80, -7.45, 56.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.80, 56.72, 97.54°)
OKLab	oklab(91.81% -0.023 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(91.81% 0.134 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(70.6361, 78.0440, 28.4793)
Luminance	0.7804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E676 #7689F9

analogous

#F9A576 #F9E676 #CAF976

triadic

#F9E676 #76F9E6 #E676F9

tetradic

#F9E676 #76F9A5 #7689F9 #F976CA

square

#F9E676 #76F9A5 #7689F9 #F976CA

split-complementary

#F9E676 #76CAF9 #A576F9

monochromatic

#EACA0A #F6DB3B #F9E676 #FCF1B1 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#F9E676 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.61

#F9E676 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E676

16.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E676	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E676	1.00	1.26	16.61	16.61
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E06C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE87B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e676;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 230, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.134 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeda0',
    500: '#f9e676',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e676;
$custom-light: #feeda0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e676",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.298,
    "s": 91.608,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91814,
    "c": 0.1343,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.78041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E676

secondary

#3E54D5

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E676

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

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