#F9EF6C#F9EF6C

#F9EF6C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.830; OKLCH L 93.5% C 0.152 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EF6C
RGB	rgb(249, 239, 108)
HSL	hsl(56, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 56.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.00, -12.67, 63.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.00, 64.51, 101.32°)
OKLab	oklab(93.53% -0.039 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(93.53% 0.152 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(72.6425, 82.9579, 26.3704)
Luminance	0.8296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EF6C #6C76F9

analogous

#F9A96C #F9EF6C #BCF96C

triadic

#F9EF6C #6CF9EF #EF6CF9

tetradic

#F9EF6C #6CF9A9 #6C76F9 #F96CBC

square

#F9EF6C #6CF9A9 #6C76F9 #F96CBC

split-complementary

#F9EF6C #6CBCF9 #A96CF9

monochromatic

#E1D209 #F7E931 #F9EF6C #FBF5A7 #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#F9EF6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.59

#F9EF6C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EF6C

17.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EF6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EF6C	1.00	1.19	17.59	17.59
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE75E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ef6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 239, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.5% 0.152 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef49a',
    500: '#f9ef6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ef6c;
$custom-light: #fef49a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ef6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.745,
    "s": 92.157,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93525,
    "c": 0.15151,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.82955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EF6C

secondary

#3641D4

accent

#10E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EF6C

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

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