#F9EC62#F9EC62

#F9EC62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.810; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.157 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EC62
RGB	rgb(249, 236, 98)
HSL	hsl(55, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 60.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.14, -11.87, 66.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.14, 67.64, 100.11°)
OKLab	oklab(92.81% -0.0378 0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(92.81% 0.157 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(71.2696, 81.0151, 23.4362)
Luminance	0.8101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EC62 #626FF9

analogous

#F9A062 #F9EC62 #BBF962

triadic

#F9EC62 #62F9EC #EC62F9

tetradic

#F9EC62 #62F9A0 #626FF9 #F962BB

square

#F9EC62 #62F9A0 #626FF9 #F962BB

split-complementary

#F9EC62 #62BBF9 #A062F9

monochromatic

#D8C608 #F7E527 #F9EC62 #FBF39D #FEFAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#F9EC62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.20

#F9EC62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EC62

17.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EC62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EC62	1.00	1.22	17.20	17.20
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ec62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 236, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.157 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef194',
    500: '#f9ec62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ec62;
$custom-light: #fef194;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ec62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.834,
    "s": 92.638,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92814,
    "c": 0.15687,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.81012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EC62

secondary

#2D3BD2

accent

#14E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EC62

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

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