#F9ED6D#F9ED6D

#F9ED6D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.818; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.149 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#F9ED6D
RGBrgb(249, 237, 109)
HSLhsl(55, 92%, 70%)
HSVhsv(55, 56%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4.8%, 56.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LABlab(92.49, -11.61, 62.25)
CIE-LCHlch(92.49, 63.33, 100.56°)
OKLaboklab(93.13% -0.0359 0.1444)
OKLCHoklch(93.13% 0.149 103.9)
XYZxyz(72.1138, 81.8147, 26.4582)
Luminance0.8181 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#F9ED6D #6D79F9
analogous
#F9A76D #F9ED6D #BFF96D
triadic
#F9ED6D #6DF9ED #ED6DF9
tetradic
#F9ED6D #6DF9A7 #6D79F9 #F96DBF
square
#F9ED6D #6DF9A7 #6D79F9 #F96DBF
split-complementary
#F9ED6D #6DBFF9 #A76DF9
monochromatic
#E2D009 #F7E632 #F9ED6D #FBF4A8 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21
#F9ED6D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.36
#F9ED6D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9ED6D
17.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##F9ED6D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##F9ED6D1.001.2117.3617.36
#FFFFFF1.211.0021.0021.00
#00000017.3621.001.001.00
##00000017.3621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#FFE660
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FFEC74
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFDFD1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #f9ed6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 237, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.149 103.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef29b',
    500: '#f9ed6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #f9ed6d;
$custom-light: #fef29b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#f9ed6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.857,
    "s": 92.105,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93128,
    "c": 0.14876,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.81812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#F9ED6D
secondary
#3744D4
accent
#14E600
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFEF5
border
#D7D6CF
text
#18160E
muted
#86857F

Preview Lab

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#F9ED6D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva