#F9E76B#F9E76B

#F9E76B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.145 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E76B
RGB	rgb(249, 231, 107)
HSL	hsl(52, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 57%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.94, -8.78, 61.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.94, 62.01, 98.14°)
OKLab	oklab(91.89% -0.028 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(91.89% 0.145 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(70.2992, 78.3558, 25.3282)
Luminance	0.7835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E76B #6B7DF9

analogous

#F9A06B #F9E76B #C4F96B

triadic

#F9E76B #6BF9E7 #E76BF9

tetradic

#F9E76B #6BF9A0 #6B7DF9 #F96BC4

square

#F9E76B #6BF9A0 #6B7DF9 #F96BC4

split-complementary

#F9E76B #6BC4F9 #A06BF9

monochromatic

#E0C509 #F7DD30 #F9E76B #FBF1A6 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#F9E76B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.67

#F9E76B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E76B

16.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E76B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E76B	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)

#FAE15E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE871

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e76b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 231, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.145 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feee99',
    500: '#f9e76b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e76b;
$custom-light: #feee99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e76b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.394,
    "s": 92.208,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9189,
    "c": 0.145,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.78353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E76B

secondary

#3549D3

accent

#1DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E76B

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

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