#F9EA6F#F9EA6F

#F9EA6F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.801; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.144 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EA6F
RGB	rgb(249, 234, 111)
HSL	hsl(53, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 55.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.75, -9.98, 60.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.75, 61.33, 99.36°)
OKLab	oklab(92.54% -0.031 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(92.54% 0.144 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(71.3614, 80.1356, 26.7446)
Luminance	0.8013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EA6F #6F7EF9

analogous

#F9A56F #F9EA6F #C3F96F

triadic

#F9EA6F #6FF9EA #EA6FF9

tetradic

#F9EA6F #6FF9A5 #6F7EF9 #F96FC3

square

#F9EA6F #6FF9A5 #6F7EF9 #F96FC3

split-complementary

#F9EA6F #6FC3F9 #A56FF9

monochromatic

#E4CC0A #F7E134 #F9EA6F #FBF3AA #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#F9EA6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.03

#F9EA6F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EA6F

17.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EA6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EA6F	1.00	1.23	17.03	17.03
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE363

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ea6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 234, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.144 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef09c',
    500: '#f9ea6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ea6f;
$custom-light: #fef09c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ea6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.478,
    "s": 92,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92541,
    "c": 0.14423,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.80133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EA6F

secondary

#3849D4

accent

#19E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EA6F

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

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