#F9E76A#F9E76A

#F9E76A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.783; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.146 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E76A
RGB	rgb(249, 231, 106)
HSL	hsl(52, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 57.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.93, -8.85, 61.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.93, 62.44, 98.15°)
OKLab	oklab(91.88% -0.0283 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(91.88% 0.146 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(70.2469, 78.3349, 25.0528)
Luminance	0.7833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E76A #6A7CF9

analogous

#F9A06A #F9E76A #C3F96A

triadic

#F9E76A #6AF9E7 #E76AF9

tetradic

#F9E76A #6AF9A0 #6A7CF9 #F96AC3

square

#F9E76A #6AF9A0 #6A7CF9 #F96AC3

split-complementary

#F9E76A #6AC3F9 #A06AF9

monochromatic

#E0C509 #F7DE2F #F9E76A #FBF0A5 #FEFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#F9E76A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.67

#F9E76A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E76A

16.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E76A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E76A	1.00	1.26	16.67	16.67
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE15D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE870

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e76a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 231, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.146 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feee99',
    500: '#f9e76a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e76a;
$custom-light: #feee99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e76a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.448,
    "s": 92.258,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9188,
    "c": 0.14585,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.78332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E76A

secondary

#3448D3

accent

#1DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E76A

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

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