#F9EC66#F9EC66

#F9EC66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.811; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.154 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EC66
RGB	rgb(249, 236, 102)
HSL	hsl(55, 92%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 59%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.17, -11.60, 64.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.17, 65.96, 100.13°)
OKLab	oklab(92.85% -0.0366 0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(92.85% 0.154 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(71.4632, 81.0925, 24.4559)
Luminance	0.8109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EC66 #6673F9

analogous

#F9A366 #F9EC66 #BDF966

triadic

#F9EC66 #66F9EC #EC66F9

tetradic

#F9EC66 #66F9A3 #6673F9 #F966BD

square

#F9EC66 #66F9A3 #6673F9 #F966BD

split-complementary

#F9EC66 #66BDF9 #A366F9

monochromatic

#DCC909 #F7E52B #F9EC66 #FBF3A1 #FEFBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#F9EC66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.22

#F9EC66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EC66

17.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EC66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EC66	1.00	1.22	17.22	17.22
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE557

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ec66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 236, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.154 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef196',
    500: '#f9ec66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ec66;
$custom-light: #fef196;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ec66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.694,
    "s": 92.453,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92853,
    "c": 0.15367,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.8109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EC66

secondary

#303FD3

accent

#14E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EC66

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

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