#F9E76E#F9E76E

#F9E76E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.142 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E76E
RGB	rgb(249, 231, 110)
HSL	hsl(52, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 55.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.97, -8.56, 60.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.97, 60.68, 98.11°)
OKLab	oklab(91.92% -0.027 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(91.92% 0.142 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(70.4598, 78.4201, 26.1739)
Luminance	0.7842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E76E #6E80F9

analogous

#F9A16E #F9E76E #C6F96E

triadic

#F9E76E #6EF9E7 #E76EF9

tetradic

#F9E76E #6EF9A1 #6E80F9 #F96EC6

square

#F9E76E #6EF9A1 #6E80F9 #F96EC6

split-complementary

#F9E76E #6EC6F9 #A16EF9

monochromatic

#E3C709 #F7DD33 #F9E76E #FBF1A9 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#F9E76E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.68

#F9E76E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E76E

16.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E76E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E76E	1.00	1.26	16.68	16.68
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE162

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE874

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e76e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 231, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.142 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feee9b',
    500: '#f9e76e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e76e;
$custom-light: #feee9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e76e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.23,
    "s": 92.053,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91923,
    "c": 0.1424,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.78417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E76E

secondary

#374CD4

accent

#1EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E76E

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

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