#F9EC6C#F9EC6C

#F9EC6C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.812; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.149 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EC6C
RGB	rgb(249, 236, 108)
HSL	hsl(54, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 56.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.23, -11.19, 62.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.23, 63.39, 100.17°)
OKLab	oklab(92.91% -0.0348 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(92.91% 0.149 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(71.7715, 81.2159, 26.0801)
Luminance	0.8121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EC6C #6C79F9

analogous

#F9A56C #F9EC6C #C0F96C

triadic

#F9EC6C #6CF9EC #EC6CF9

tetradic

#F9EC6C #6CF9A5 #6C79F9 #F96CC0

square

#F9EC6C #6CF9A5 #6C79F9 #F96CC0

split-complementary

#F9EC6C #6CC0F9 #A56CF9

monochromatic

#E1CD09 #F7E431 #F9EC6C #FBF4A7 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#F9EC6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.24

#F9EC6C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EC6C

17.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EC6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EC6C	1.00	1.22	17.24	17.24
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE55F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ec6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 236, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.149 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef19a',
    500: '#f9ec6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ec6c;
$custom-light: #fef19a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ec6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.468,
    "s": 92.157,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92914,
    "c": 0.14868,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.81213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EC6C

secondary

#3644D4

accent

#15E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EC6C

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

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