#F9E86C#F9E86C

#F9E86C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.145 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E86C
RGB	rgb(249, 232, 108)
HSL	hsl(53, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 56.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.21, -9.21, 61.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.21, 61.93, 98.55°)
OKLab	oklab(92.1% -0.0291 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(92.1% 0.145 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(70.6328, 78.9383, 25.7005)
Luminance	0.7894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E86C #6C7DF9

analogous

#F9A26C #F9E86C #C3F96C

triadic

#F9E86C #6CF9E8 #E86CF9

tetradic

#F9E86C #6CF9A2 #6C7DF9 #F96CC3

square

#F9E86C #6CF9A2 #6C7DF9 #F96CC3

split-complementary

#F9E86C #6CC3F9 #A26CF9

monochromatic

#E1C709 #F7DF31 #F9E86C #FBF1A7 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#F9E86C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.79

#F9E86C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E86C

16.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E86C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E86C	1.00	1.25	16.79	16.79
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE25F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE972

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e86c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 232, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.145 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feef9a',
    500: '#f9e86c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e86c;
$custom-light: #feef9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e86c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.766,
    "s": 92.157,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92103,
    "c": 0.14503,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.78936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E86C

secondary

#3649D4

accent

#1CE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E86C

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

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