#F9EC69#F9EC69

#F9EC69 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.812; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.151 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EC69
RGB	rgb(249, 236, 105)
HSL	hsl(55, 92%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 57.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.20, -11.40, 63.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.20, 64.68, 100.15°)
OKLab	oklab(92.88% -0.0357 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(92.88% 0.151 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(71.6146, 81.1531, 25.2536)
Luminance	0.8115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EC69 #6976F9

analogous

#F9A469 #F9EC69 #BEF969

triadic

#F9EC69 #69F9EC #EC69F9

tetradic

#F9EC69 #69F9A4 #6976F9 #F969BE

square

#F9EC69 #69F9A4 #6976F9 #F969BE

split-complementary

#F9EC69 #69BEF9 #A469F9

monochromatic

#DFCB09 #F7E52E #F9EC69 #FBF3A4 #FEFBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#F9EC69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.23

#F9EC69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EC69

17.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EC69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EC69	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)

#FFE55B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ec69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 236, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.151 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef198',
    500: '#f9ec69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ec69;
$custom-light: #fef198;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ec69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.583,
    "s": 92.308,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92883,
    "c": 0.1512,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.81151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EC69

secondary

#3341D3

accent

#15E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EC69

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

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