#F9EA6A#F9EA6A

#F9EA6A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.800; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.149 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EA6A
RGB	rgb(249, 234, 106)
HSL	hsl(54, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 57.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.70, -10.34, 62.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.70, 63.52, 99.37°)
OKLab	oklab(92.49% -0.0326 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(92.49% 0.149 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(71.0937, 80.0286, 25.3350)
Luminance	0.8003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EA6A #6A79F9

analogous

#F9A26A #F9EA6A #C1F96A

triadic

#F9EA6A #6AF9EA #EA6AF9

tetradic

#F9EA6A #6AF9A2 #6A79F9 #F96AC1

square

#F9EA6A #6AF9A2 #6A79F9 #F96AC1

split-complementary

#F9EA6A #6AC1F9 #A26AF9

monochromatic

#E0C909 #F7E22F #F9EA6A #FBF2A5 #FEFBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#F9EA6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.01

#F9EA6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EA6A

17.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EA6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EA6A	1.00	1.23	17.01	17.01
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE35D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ea6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 234, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.149 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef099',
    500: '#f9ea6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ea6a;
$custom-light: #fef099;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ea6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.706,
    "s": 92.258,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92487,
    "c": 0.14853,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.80026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EA6A

secondary

#3445D3

accent

#18E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EA6A

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

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