#F9E96D#F9E96D

#F9E96D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.795; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.145 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#F9E96D
RGBrgb(249, 233, 109)
HSLhsl(53, 92%, 70%)
HSVhsv(53, 56%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 6.4%, 56.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LABlab(91.47, -9.63, 61.09)
CIE-LCHlch(91.47, 61.85, 98.96°)
OKLaboklab(92.32% -0.0302 0.1419)
OKLCHoklch(92.32% 0.145 102)
XYZxyz(70.9686, 79.5243, 26.0765)
Luminance0.7952 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#F9E96D #6D7DF9
analogous
#F9A36D #F9E96D #C3F96D
triadic
#F9E96D #6DF9E9 #E96DF9
tetradic
#F9E96D #6DF9A3 #6D7DF9 #F96DC3
square
#F9E96D #6DF9A3 #6D7DF9 #F96DC3
split-complementary
#F9E96D #6DC3F9 #A36DF9
monochromatic
#E2C909 #F7E032 #F9E96D #FBF2A8 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24
#F9E96D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.90
#F9E96D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E96D
16.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##F9E96D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##F9E96D1.001.2416.9016.90
#FFFFFF1.241.0021.0021.00
#00000016.9021.001.001.00
##00000016.9021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#FCE360
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FFEA73
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFDBCE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #f9e96d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 233, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.145 102.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feef9b',
    500: '#f9e96d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #f9e96d;
$custom-light: #feef9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#f9e96d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.143,
    "s": 92.105,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92316,
    "c": 0.14506,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.79522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#F9E96D
secondary
#3748D4
accent
#1AE600
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFEF5
border
#D7D6CF
text
#18160E
muted
#86857F

Preview Lab

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#F9E96D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva