#F9EE6A#F9EE6A

#F9EE6A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.823; OKLCH L 93.3% C 0.152 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EE6A
RGB	rgb(249, 238, 106)
HSL	hsl(55, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 57.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.72, -12.31, 63.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.72, 65.00, 100.92°)
OKLab	oklab(93.3% -0.0382 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(93.3% 0.152 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(72.2454, 82.3319, 25.7189)
Luminance	0.8233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EE6A #6A75F9

analogous

#F9A76A #F9EE6A #BCF96A

triadic

#F9EE6A #6AF9EE #EE6AF9

tetradic

#F9EE6A #6AF9A7 #6A75F9 #F96ABC

square

#F9EE6A #6AF9A7 #6A75F9 #F96ABC

split-complementary

#F9EE6A #6ABCF9 #A76AF9

monochromatic

#E0CF09 #F7E72F #F9EE6A #FBF5A5 #FEFBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#F9EE6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.47

#F9EE6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EE6A

17.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EE6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EE6A	1.00	1.20	17.47	17.47
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE65C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ee6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 238, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.3% 0.152 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef399',
    500: '#f9ee6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ee6a;
$custom-light: #fef399;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ee6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 92.258,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.933,
    "c": 0.15224,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.82329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EE6A

secondary

#3440D3

accent

#12E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EE6A

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

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