#F9E86A#F9E86A

#F9E86A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.147 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E86A
RGB	rgb(249, 232, 106)
HSL	hsl(53, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 57.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.19, -9.35, 62.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.19, 62.80, 98.56°)
OKLab	oklab(92.08% -0.0297 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(92.08% 0.147 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(70.5276, 78.8963, 25.1463)
Luminance	0.7889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E86A #6A7BF9

analogous

#F9A16A #F9E86A #C3F96A

triadic

#F9E86A #6AF9E8 #E86AF9

tetradic

#F9E86A #6AF9A1 #6A7BF9 #F96AC3

square

#F9E86A #6AF9A1 #6A7BF9 #F96AC3

split-complementary

#F9E86A #6AC3F9 #A16AF9

monochromatic

#E0C609 #F7DF2F #F9E86A #FBF1A5 #FEFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#F9E86A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.78

#F9E86A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E86A

16.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E86A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E86A	1.00	1.25	16.78	16.78
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE25D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE970

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e86a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 232, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.147 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feef99',
    500: '#f9e86a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e86a;
$custom-light: #feef99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e86a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.867,
    "s": 92.258,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92082,
    "c": 0.14673,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.78894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E86A

secondary

#3447D3

accent

#1BE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E86A

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

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