#F9ED6F#F9ED6F

#F9ED6F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.819; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.147 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9ED6F
RGB	rgb(249, 237, 111)
HSL	hsl(55, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(55, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 55.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.51, -11.46, 61.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.51, 62.45, 100.58°)
OKLab	oklab(93.15% -0.0352 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(93.15% 0.147 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(72.2227, 81.8583, 27.0317)
Luminance	0.8186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9ED6F #6F7BF9

analogous

#F9A86F #F9ED6F #C0F96F

triadic

#F9ED6F #6FF9ED #ED6FF9

tetradic

#F9ED6F #6FF9A8 #6F7BF9 #F96FC0

square

#F9ED6F #6FF9A8 #6F7BF9 #F96FC0

split-complementary

#F9ED6F #6FC0F9 #A86FF9

monochromatic

#E4D10A #F7E634 #F9ED6F #FBF4AA #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#F9ED6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.37

#F9ED6F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9ED6F

17.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9ED6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9ED6F	1.00	1.21	17.37	17.37
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE662

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ed6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 237, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.147 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef29c',
    500: '#f9ed6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ed6f;
$custom-light: #fef29c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ed6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 92,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93149,
    "c": 0.14702,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.81856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9ED6F

secondary

#3846D4

accent

#14E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9ED6F

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

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