#F9E76C#F9E76C

#F9E76C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.144 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E76C
RGB	rgb(249, 231, 108)
HSL	hsl(52, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 56.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.95, -8.71, 60.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.95, 61.57, 98.13°)
OKLab	oklab(91.9% -0.0277 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(91.9% 0.144 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(70.3521, 78.3770, 25.6069)
Luminance	0.7837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E76C #6C7EF9

analogous

#F9A06C #F9E76C #C5F96C

triadic

#F9E76C #6CF9E7 #E76CF9

tetradic

#F9E76C #6CF9A0 #6C7EF9 #F96CC5

square

#F9E76C #6CF9A0 #6C7EF9 #F96CC5

split-complementary

#F9E76C #6CC5F9 #A06CF9

monochromatic

#E1C609 #F7DD31 #F9E76C #FBF1A7 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#F9E76C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.67

#F9E76C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E76C

16.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E76C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E76C	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)

#FAE15F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE872

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e76c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 231, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.144 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feee9a',
    500: '#f9e76c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e76c;
$custom-light: #feee9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e76c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.34,
    "s": 92.157,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91901,
    "c": 0.14414,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.78374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E76C

secondary

#364AD4

accent

#1DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E76C

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

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