#F9E86F#F9E86F

#F9E86F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.790; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.142 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E86F
RGB	rgb(249, 232, 111)
HSL	hsl(53, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 55.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.24, -8.99, 59.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.24, 60.60, 98.53°)
OKLab	oklab(92.14% -0.0281 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(92.14% 0.142 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(70.7952, 79.0033, 26.5559)
Luminance	0.7900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E86F #6F80F9

analogous

#F9A36F #F9E86F #C5F96F

triadic

#F9E86F #6FF9E8 #E86FF9

tetradic

#F9E86F #6FF9A3 #6F80F9 #F96FC5

square

#F9E86F #6FF9A3 #6F80F9 #F96FC5

split-complementary

#F9E86F #6FC5F9 #A36FF9

monochromatic

#E4C90A #F7DF34 #F9E86F #FBF1AA #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#F9E86F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.80

#F9E86F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E86F

16.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E86F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E86F	1.00	1.25	16.80	16.80
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE263

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE975

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e86f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 232, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.142 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feef9c',
    500: '#f9e86f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e86f;
$custom-light: #feef9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e86f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.609,
    "s": 92,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92136,
    "c": 0.14242,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.79001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E86F

secondary

#384BD4

accent

#1CE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E86F

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

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