#F9EB6E#F9EB6E

#F9EB6E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.807; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.146 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EB6E
RGB	rgb(249, 235, 110)
HSL	hsl(54, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(54, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 55.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.99, -10.55, 61.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.99, 62.14, 99.77°)
OKLab	oklab(92.73% -0.0327 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(92.73% 0.146 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(71.5921, 80.6847, 26.5514)
Luminance	0.8068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EB6E #6E7CF9

analogous

#F9A56E #F9EB6E #C1F96E

triadic

#F9EB6E #6EF9EB #EB6EF9

tetradic

#F9EB6E #6EF9A5 #6E7CF9 #F96EC1

square

#F9EB6E #6EF9A5 #6E7CF9 #F96EC1

split-complementary

#F9EB6E #6EC1F9 #A56EF9

monochromatic

#E3CD09 #F7E333 #F9EB6E #FBF3A9 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#F9EB6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.14

#F9EB6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EB6E

17.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EB6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EB6E	1.00	1.23	17.14	17.14
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE461

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9eb6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 235, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.146 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef19b',
    500: '#f9eb6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9eb6e;
$custom-light: #fef19b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9eb6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.957,
    "s": 92.053,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92732,
    "c": 0.14602,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.80682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EB6E

secondary

#3747D4

accent

#17E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EB6E

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

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