#F9E96E#F9E96E

#F9E96E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.795; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.144 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E96E
RGB	rgb(249, 233, 110)
HSL	hsl(53, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(53, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 55.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.48, -9.56, 60.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.48, 61.41, 98.95°)
OKLab	oklab(92.33% -0.0299 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(92.33% 0.144 102)
XYZ	xyz(71.0227, 79.5460, 26.3616)
Luminance	0.7954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E96E #6E7EF9

analogous

#F9A46E #F9E96E #C3F96E

triadic

#F9E96E #6EF9E9 #E96EF9

tetradic

#F9E96E #6EF9A4 #6E7EF9 #F96EC3

square

#F9E96E #6EF9A4 #6E7EF9 #F96EC3

split-complementary

#F9E96E #6EC3F9 #A46EF9

monochromatic

#E3CA09 #F7E033 #F9E96E #FBF2A9 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F9E96E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.91

#F9E96E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E96E

16.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E96E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E96E	1.00	1.24	16.91	16.91
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE362

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e96e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 233, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.144 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feef9b',
    500: '#f9e96e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e96e;
$custom-light: #feef9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e96e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.094,
    "s": 92.053,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92327,
    "c": 0.14419,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.79543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E96E

secondary

#3749D4

accent

#1AE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E96E

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

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