#F9EF6A#F9EF6A

#F9EF6A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.829; OKLCH L 93.5% C 0.153 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EF6A
RGB	rgb(249, 239, 106)
HSL	hsl(56, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 57.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.98, -12.81, 64.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.98, 65.37, 101.30°)
OKLab	oklab(93.5% -0.0396 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(93.5% 0.153 105)
XYZ	xyz(72.5373, 82.9158, 25.8162)
Luminance	0.8291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EF6A #6A74F9

analogous

#F9A76A #F9EF6A #BCF96A

triadic

#F9EF6A #6AF9EF #EF6AF9

tetradic

#F9EF6A #6AF9A7 #6A74F9 #F96ABC

square

#F9EF6A #6AF9A7 #6A74F9 #F96ABC

split-complementary

#F9EF6A #6ABCF9 #A76AF9

monochromatic

#E0D109 #F7E92F #F9EF6A #FBF5A5 #FEFCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#F9EF6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.58

#F9EF6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EF6A

17.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EF6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EF6A	1.00	1.19	17.58	17.58
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE75C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ef6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 239, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.5% 0.153 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef499',
    500: '#f9ef6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ef6a;
$custom-light: #fef499;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ef6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.804,
    "s": 92.258,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93504,
    "c": 0.15319,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.82913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EF6A

secondary

#343FD3

accent

#10E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EF6A

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

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