#F9E856#F9E856

#F9E856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.162 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E856
RGB	rgb(249, 232, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 93%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 65.5%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.02, -10.61, 70.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.02, 71.07, 98.58°)
OKLab	oklab(91.9% -0.0355 0.1583)
OKLCH	oklch(91.9% 0.162 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.6061, 78.5277, 20.2932)
Luminance	0.7853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E856 #5667F9

analogous

#F99656 #F9E856 #B9F956

triadic

#F9E856 #56F9E8 #E856F9

tetradic

#F9E856 #56F996 #5667F9 #F956B9

square

#F9E856 #56F996 #5667F9 #F956B9

split-complementary

#F9E856 #56B9F9 #9656F9

monochromatic

#CDB907 #F7E01B #F9E856 #FBF091 #FDF8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#F9E856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.70

#F9E856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E856

16.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E856	1.00	1.26	16.70	16.70
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE95F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 232, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.162 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef8d',
    500: '#f9e856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e856;
$custom-light: #ffef8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.742,
    "s": 93.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91895,
    "c": 0.16226,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.78525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E856

secondary

#2A3BC9

accent

#18E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E856

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

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