#F9EA6D#F9EA6D

#F9EA6D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.801; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.146 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EA6D
RGB	rgb(249, 234, 109)
HSL	hsl(54, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(54, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 56.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.73, -10.13, 61.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.73, 62.21, 99.37°)
OKLab	oklab(92.52% -0.0316 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(92.52% 0.146 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(71.2525, 80.0921, 26.1711)
Luminance	0.8009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EA6D #6D7CF9

analogous

#F9A46D #F9EA6D #C2F96D

triadic

#F9EA6D #6DF9EA #EA6DF9

tetradic

#F9EA6D #6DF9A4 #6D7CF9 #F96DC2

square

#F9EA6D #6DF9A4 #6D7CF9 #F96DC2

split-complementary

#F9EA6D #6DC2F9 #A46DF9

monochromatic

#E2CB09 #F7E232 #F9EA6D #FBF2A8 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#F9EA6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.02

#F9EA6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EA6D

17.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EA6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EA6D	1.00	1.23	17.02	17.02
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE360

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ea6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 234, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.146 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef09b',
    500: '#f9ea6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ea6d;
$custom-light: #fef09b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ea6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.571,
    "s": 92.105,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92519,
    "c": 0.14598,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.8009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EA6D

secondary

#3747D4

accent

#19E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EA6D

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

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