#F9E96C#F9E96C

#F9E96C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.795; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.146 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E96C
RGB	rgb(249, 233, 108)
HSL	hsl(53, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 56.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.46, -9.70, 61.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.46, 62.29, 98.96°)
OKLab	oklab(92.31% -0.0305 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(92.31% 0.146 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(70.9151, 79.5029, 25.7946)
Luminance	0.7950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E96C #6C7CF9

analogous

#F9A26C #F9E96C #C3F96C

triadic

#F9E96C #6CF9E9 #E96CF9

tetradic

#F9E96C #6CF9A2 #6C7CF9 #F96CC3

square

#F9E96C #6CF9A2 #6C7CF9 #F96CC3

split-complementary

#F9E96C #6CC3F9 #A26CF9

monochromatic

#E1C909 #F7E031 #F9E96C #FBF2A7 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F9E96C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.90

#F9E96C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E96C

16.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E96C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E96C	1.00	1.24	16.90	16.90
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE25F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e96c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 233, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.146 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feef9a',
    500: '#f9e96c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e96c;
$custom-light: #feef9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e96c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.191,
    "s": 92.157,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92305,
    "c": 0.14593,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E96C

secondary

#3648D4

accent

#1AE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E96C

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

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