#F9EA6E#F9EA6E

#F9EA6E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.801; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.145 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EA6E
RGB	rgb(249, 234, 110)
HSL	hsl(54, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(54, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 55.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.74, -10.05, 60.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.74, 61.77, 99.37°)
OKLab	oklab(92.53% -0.0313 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(92.53% 0.145 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(71.3066, 80.1137, 26.4562)
Luminance	0.8011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EA6E #6E7DF9

analogous

#F9A46E #F9EA6E #C3F96E

triadic

#F9EA6E #6EF9EA #EA6EF9

tetradic

#F9EA6E #6EF9A4 #6E7DF9 #F96EC3

square

#F9EA6E #6EF9A4 #6E7DF9 #F96EC3

split-complementary

#F9EA6E #6EC3F9 #A46EF9

monochromatic

#E3CC09 #F7E133 #F9EA6E #FBF3A9 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#F9EA6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.02

#F9EA6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EA6E

17.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EA6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EA6E	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)

#FDE361

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ea6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 234, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.145 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef09b',
    500: '#f9ea6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ea6e;
$custom-light: #fef09b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ea6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.525,
    "s": 92.053,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9253,
    "c": 0.14511,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.80111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EA6E

secondary

#3748D4

accent

#19E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EA6E

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

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