#F9EC6F#F9EC6F

#F9EC6F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.813; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.146 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EC6F
RGB	rgb(249, 236, 111)
HSL	hsl(54, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(54, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 55.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.26, -10.97, 61.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.26, 62.08, 100.18°)
OKLab	oklab(92.95% -0.0338 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(92.95% 0.146 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(71.9340, 81.2808, 26.9354)
Luminance	0.8128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EC6F #6F7CF9

analogous

#F9A76F #F9EC6F #C1F96F

triadic

#F9EC6F #6FF9EC #EC6FF9

tetradic

#F9EC6F #6FF9A7 #6F7CF9 #F96FC1

square

#F9EC6F #6FF9A7 #6F7CF9 #F96FC1

split-complementary

#F9EC6F #6FC1F9 #A76FF9

monochromatic

#E4D00A #F7E434 #F9EC6F #FBF4AA #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#F9EC6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.26

#F9EC6F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EC6F

17.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EC6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EC6F	1.00	1.22	17.26	17.26
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE562

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ec6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 236, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.146 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef19c',
    500: '#f9ec6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ec6f;
$custom-light: #fef19c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ec6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.348,
    "s": 92,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92946,
    "c": 0.14609,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.81278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EC6F

secondary

#3847D4

accent

#16E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EC6F

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

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