#F9ED6A#F9ED6A

#F9ED6A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.817; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.151 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9ED6A
RGB	rgb(249, 237, 106)
HSL	hsl(55, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 57.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.46, -11.82, 63.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.46, 64.62, 100.54°)
OKLab	oklab(93.1% -0.0368 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(93.1% 0.151 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(71.9550, 81.7512, 25.6222)
Luminance	0.8175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9ED6A #6A76F9

analogous

#F9A66A #F9ED6A #BEF96A

triadic

#F9ED6A #6AF9ED #ED6AF9

tetradic

#F9ED6A #6AF9A6 #6A76F9 #F96ABE

square

#F9ED6A #6AF9A6 #6A76F9 #F96ABE

split-complementary

#F9ED6A #6ABEF9 #A66AF9

monochromatic

#E0CE09 #F7E62F #F9ED6A #FBF4A5 #FEFBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#F9ED6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.35

#F9ED6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9ED6A

17.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9ED6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9ED6A	1.00	1.21	17.35	17.35
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE65C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ed6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 237, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.151 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef299',
    500: '#f9ed6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ed6a;
$custom-light: #fef299;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ed6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.965,
    "s": 92.258,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93097,
    "c": 0.1513,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.81749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9ED6A

secondary

#3441D3

accent

#13E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9ED6A

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

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