#F9EA6C#F9EA6C

#F9EA6C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.801; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.147 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EA6C
RGB	rgb(249, 234, 108)
HSL	hsl(54, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 56.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.72, -10.20, 61.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.72, 62.65, 99.37°)
OKLab	oklab(92.51% -0.0319 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(92.51% 0.147 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(71.1990, 80.0707, 25.8892)
Luminance	0.8007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EA6C #6C7BF9

analogous

#F9A36C #F9EA6C #C2F96C

triadic

#F9EA6C #6CF9EA #EA6CF9

tetradic

#F9EA6C #6CF9A3 #6C7BF9 #F96CC2

square

#F9EA6C #6CF9A3 #6C7BF9 #F96CC2

split-complementary

#F9EA6C #6CC2F9 #A36CF9

monochromatic

#E1CA09 #F7E231 #F9EA6C #FBF2A7 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#F9EA6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.01

#F9EA6C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EA6C

17.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EA6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EA6C	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)

#FDE35F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ea6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 234, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.147 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef09a',
    500: '#f9ea6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ea6c;
$custom-light: #fef09a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ea6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.617,
    "s": 92.157,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92508,
    "c": 0.14684,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.80068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EA6C

secondary

#3646D4

accent

#18E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EA6C

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

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