#F9E966#F9E966

#F9E966 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.794; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.151 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E966
RGB	rgb(249, 233, 102)
HSL	hsl(53, 92%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 59%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.41, -10.12, 64.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.41, 64.88, 98.98°)
OKLab	oklab(92.24% -0.0324 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(92.24% 0.151 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(70.6067, 79.3796, 24.1704)
Luminance	0.7938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E966 #6676F9

analogous

#F9A066 #F9E966 #C0F966

triadic

#F9E966 #66F9E9 #E966F9

tetradic

#F9E966 #66F9A0 #6676F9 #F966C0

square

#F9E966 #66F9A0 #6676F9 #F966C0

split-complementary

#F9E966 #66C0F9 #A066F9

monochromatic

#DCC509 #F7E12B #F9E966 #FBF1A1 #FEFADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F9E966 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.88

#F9E966 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E966

16.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E966	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E966	1.00	1.24	16.88	16.88
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e966;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 233, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.151 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feef96',
    500: '#f9e966',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e966;
$custom-light: #feef96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e966",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.469,
    "s": 92.453,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92243,
    "c": 0.15096,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.79377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E966

secondary

#3042D3

accent

#19E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E966

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

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