#F9ED6C#F9ED6C

#F9ED6C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.818; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.150 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9ED6C
RGB	rgb(249, 237, 108)
HSL	hsl(55, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 56.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.48, -11.68, 62.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.48, 63.76, 100.56°)
OKLab	oklab(93.12% -0.0362 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(93.12% 0.15 104)
XYZ	xyz(72.0603, 81.7933, 26.1763)
Luminance	0.8179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9ED6C #6C78F9

analogous

#F9A76C #F9ED6C #BEF96C

triadic

#F9ED6C #6CF9ED #ED6CF9

tetradic

#F9ED6C #6CF9A7 #6C78F9 #F96CBE

square

#F9ED6C #6CF9A7 #6C78F9 #F96CBE

split-complementary

#F9ED6C #6CBEF9 #A76CF9

monochromatic

#E1CF09 #F7E631 #F9ED6C #FBF4A7 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#F9ED6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.36

#F9ED6C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9ED6C

17.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9ED6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9ED6C	1.00	1.21	17.36	17.36
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE65F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ed6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 237, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.150 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef29a',
    500: '#f9ed6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ed6c;
$custom-light: #fef29a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ed6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.894,
    "s": 92.157,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93117,
    "c": 0.14961,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.81791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9ED6C

secondary

#3643D4

accent

#14E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9ED6C

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

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