#F9EA66#F9EA66

#F9EA66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.799; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.152 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EA66
RGB	rgb(249, 234, 102)
HSL	hsl(54, 92%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 59%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.66, -10.62, 64.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.66, 65.24, 99.37°)
OKLab	oklab(92.45% -0.0338 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(92.45% 0.152 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(70.8906, 79.9473, 24.2650)
Luminance	0.7994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EA66 #6675F9

analogous

#F9A166 #F9EA66 #BEF966

triadic

#F9EA66 #66F9EA #EA66F9

tetradic

#F9EA66 #66F9A1 #6675F9 #F966BE

square

#F9EA66 #66F9A1 #6675F9 #F966BE

split-complementary

#F9EA66 #66BEF9 #A166F9

monochromatic

#DCC609 #F7E22B #F9EA66 #FBF2A1 #FEFADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F9EA66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.99

#F9EA66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EA66

16.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EA66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EA66	1.00	1.24	16.99	16.99
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ea66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 234, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.152 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef096',
    500: '#f9ea66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ea66;
$custom-light: #fef096;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ea66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.878,
    "s": 92.453,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92446,
    "c": 0.15185,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.79945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EA66

secondary

#3041D3

accent

#17E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EA66

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

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