#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
RGB	rgb(249, 237, 109)
HSL	hsl(55, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 56.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.49, -11.61, 62.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.49, 63.33, 100.56°)
OKLab	oklab(93.13% -0.0359 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(93.13% 0.149 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(72.1138, 81.8147, 26.4582)
Luminance	0.8181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##F9ED6D	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)

#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

Preview with #F9ED6D

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

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