#F9EC6A#F9EC6A
#F9EC6A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.812; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.150 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #F9EC6A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(249, 236, 106) |
| HSL | hsl(55, 92%, 70%) |
| HSV | hsv(55, 57%, 98%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 57.4%, 2.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(92.21, -11.33, 63.25) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(92.21, 64.25, 100.16°) |
| OKLab | oklab(92.89% -0.0354 0.1462) |
| OKLCH | oklch(92.89% 0.15 103.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(71.6663, 81.1738, 25.5259) |
| Luminance | 0.8117 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 0.76
Sandy Yellow
#FDEE73
ΔE00 1.07
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 2.67
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 3.57
Manilla
#FFFA86
ΔE00 3.89
Butter Yellow
#FFFD74
ΔE00 4.08
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#F9EC6A #6A77F9
analogous
#F9A46A #F9EC6A #BFF96A
triadic
#F9EC6A #6AF9EC #EC6AF9
tetradic
#F9EC6A #6AF9A4 #6A77F9 #F96ABF
square
#F9EC6A #6AF9A4 #6A77F9 #F96ABF
split-complementary
#F9EC6A #6ABFF9 #A46AF9
monochromatic
#E0CC09 #F7E42F #F9EC6A #FBF4A5 #FEFBE0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.22
#F9EC6A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
17.23
#F9EC6A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #F9EC6A
17.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##F9EC6A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##F9EC6A | 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)
#FFE55C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FFEC71
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFDED0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E9E9E9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #f9ec6a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 236, 106); /* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.150 103.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#fef199',
500: '#f9ec6a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #f9ec6a; $custom-light: #fef199; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#f9ec6a",
"rgb": {
"r": 249,
"g": 236,
"b": 106
},
"hsl": {
"h": 54.545,
"s": 92.258,
"l": 69.608
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.92893,
"c": 0.15037,
"h": 103.6
},
"luminance": 0.81171
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#F9EC6A
secondary
#3442D3
accent
#15E600
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFEF5
border
#D7D6CF
text
#18160E
muted
#86857F