#F9EC68#F9EC68

#F9EC68 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.811; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.152 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EC68
RGB	rgb(249, 236, 104)
HSL	hsl(55, 92%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 58.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.19, -11.47, 64.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.19, 65.11, 100.15°)
OKLab	oklab(92.87% -0.036 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(92.87% 0.152 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(71.5635, 81.1327, 24.9845)
Luminance	0.8113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EC68 #6875F9

analogous

#F9A468 #F9EC68 #BDF968

triadic

#F9EC68 #68F9EC #EC68F9

tetradic

#F9EC68 #68F9A4 #6875F9 #F968BD

square

#F9EC68 #68F9A4 #6875F9 #F968BD

split-complementary

#F9EC68 #68BDF9 #A468F9

monochromatic

#DECB09 #F7E52D #F9EC68 #FBF3A3 #FEFBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#F9EC68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.23

#F9EC68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EC68

17.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EC68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EC68	1.00	1.22	17.23	17.23
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE55A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ec68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 236, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.152 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef198',
    500: '#f9ec68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ec68;
$custom-light: #fef198;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ec68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.621,
    "s": 92.357,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92873,
    "c": 0.15203,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.8113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EC68

secondary

#3241D3

accent

#15E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EC68

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

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