#F9E876#F9E876

#F9E876 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.792; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.136 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E876
RGB	rgb(249, 232, 118)
HSL	hsl(52, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(52, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 52.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.31, -8.45, 56.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.31, 57.45, 98.45°)
OKLab	oklab(92.22% -0.0258 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(92.22% 0.136 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(71.1958, 79.1636, 28.6659)
Luminance	0.7916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E876 #7687F9

analogous

#F9A776 #F9E876 #C8F976

triadic

#F9E876 #76F9E8 #E876F9

tetradic

#F9E876 #76F9A7 #7687F9 #F976C8

square

#F9E876 #76F9A7 #7687F9 #F976C8

split-complementary

#F9E876 #76C8F9 #A776F9

monochromatic

#EACD0A #F6DE3B #F9E876 #FCF2B1 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#F9E876 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.83

#F9E876 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E876

16.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E876	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E876	1.00	1.25	16.83	16.83
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE26B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE97B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e876;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 232, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.136 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feefa0',
    500: '#f9e876',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e876;
$custom-light: #feefa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e876",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.214,
    "s": 91.608,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92217,
    "c": 0.13609,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.79161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E876

secondary

#3E52D5

accent

#1EE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E876

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

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