#F9F16C#F9F16C

#F9F16C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.841; OKLCH L 93.9% C 0.153 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F16C
RGB	rgb(249, 241, 108)
HSL	hsl(57, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 56.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.51, -13.65, 63.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.51, 65.28, 102.07°)
OKLab	oklab(93.93% -0.0418 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(93.93% 0.153 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(73.2313, 84.1354, 26.5666)
Luminance	0.8413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F16C #6C74F9

analogous

#F9AB6C #F9F16C #BAF96C

triadic

#F9F16C #6CF9F1 #F16CF9

tetradic

#F9F16C #6CF9AB #6C74F9 #F96CBA

square

#F9F16C #6CF9AB #6C74F9 #F96CBA

split-complementary

#F9F16C #6CBAF9 #AB6CF9

monochromatic

#E1D509 #F7EB31 #F9F16C #FBF7A7 #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#F9F16C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.83

#F9F16C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F16C

17.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F16C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F16C	1.00	1.18	17.83	17.83
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE95E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 241, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.9% 0.153 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef59a',
    500: '#f9f16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f16c;
$custom-light: #fef59a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.596,
    "s": 92.157,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93933,
    "c": 0.15344,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.84133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F16C

secondary

#363FD4

accent

#0DE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F16C

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

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