#F9F16A#F9F16A

#F9F16A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.841; OKLCH L 93.9% C 0.155 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F16A
RGB	rgb(249, 241, 106)
HSL	hsl(57, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 57.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.49, -13.79, 64.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.49, 66.13, 102.03°)
OKLab	oklab(93.91% -0.0424 0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(93.91% 0.155 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(73.1261, 84.0933, 26.0125)
Luminance	0.8409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F16A #6A72F9

analogous

#F9A96A #F9F16A #BAF96A

triadic

#F9F16A #6AF9F1 #F16AF9

tetradic

#F9F16A #6AF9A9 #6A72F9 #F96ABA

square

#F9F16A #6AF9A9 #6A72F9 #F96ABA

split-complementary

#F9F16A #6ABAF9 #A96AF9

monochromatic

#E0D409 #F7EB2F #F9F16A #FBF7A5 #FEFCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#F9F16A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.82

#F9F16A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F16A

17.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F16A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F16A	1.00	1.18	17.82	17.82
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE95B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f16a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 241, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.9% 0.155 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef599',
    500: '#f9f16a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f16a;
$custom-light: #fef599;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f16a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.643,
    "s": 92.258,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93913,
    "c": 0.1551,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.84091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F16A

secondary

#343DD3

accent

#0DE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F16A

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

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