#F9F16B#F9F16B

#F9F16B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.841; OKLCH L 93.9% C 0.154 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F16B
RGB	rgb(249, 241, 107)
HSL	hsl(57, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 57%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.50, -13.72, 64.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.50, 65.70, 102.05°)
OKLab	oklab(93.92% -0.0421 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(93.92% 0.154 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(73.1784, 84.1142, 26.2880)
Luminance	0.8411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F16B #6B73F9

analogous

#F9AA6B #F9F16B #BAF96B

triadic

#F9F16B #6BF9F1 #F16BF9

tetradic

#F9F16B #6BF9AA #6B73F9 #F96BBA

square

#F9F16B #6BF9AA #6B73F9 #F96BBA

split-complementary

#F9F16B #6BBAF9 #AA6BF9

monochromatic

#E0D409 #F7EB30 #F9F16B #FBF7A6 #FEFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#F9F16B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.82

#F9F16B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F16B

17.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F16B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F16B	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)

#FFE95D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f16b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 241, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.9% 0.154 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef59a',
    500: '#f9f16b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f16b;
$custom-light: #fef59a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f16b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.62,
    "s": 92.208,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93923,
    "c": 0.15428,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.84112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F16B

secondary

#353ED3

accent

#0DE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F16B

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

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