#F9EC6E#F9EC6E

#F9EC6E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.813; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.147 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EC6E
RGB	rgb(249, 236, 110)
HSL	hsl(54, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(54, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 55.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.25, -11.04, 61.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.25, 62.51, 100.17°)
OKLab	oklab(92.94% -0.0341 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(92.94% 0.147 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(71.8792, 81.2589, 26.6471)
Luminance	0.8126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EC6E #6E7BF9

analogous

#F9A66E #F9EC6E #C1F96E

triadic

#F9EC6E #6EF9EC #EC6EF9

tetradic

#F9EC6E #6EF9A6 #6E7BF9 #F96EC1

square

#F9EC6E #6EF9A6 #6E7BF9 #F96EC1

split-complementary

#F9EC6E #6EC1F9 #A66EF9

monochromatic

#E3CF09 #F7E433 #F9EC6E #FBF4A9 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#F9EC6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.25

#F9EC6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EC6E

17.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EC6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EC6E	1.00	1.22	17.25	17.25
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE561

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ec6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 236, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.147 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef19b',
    500: '#f9ec6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ec6e;
$custom-light: #fef19b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ec6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.388,
    "s": 92.053,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92935,
    "c": 0.14696,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.81256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EC6E

secondary

#3746D4

accent

#15E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EC6E

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

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