#F9F16D#F9F16D

#F9F16D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.842; 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	#F9F16D
RGB	rgb(249, 241, 109)
HSL	hsl(57, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 56.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.52, -13.57, 63.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.52, 64.85, 102.08°)
OKLab	oklab(93.94% -0.0415 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(93.94% 0.153 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(73.2848, 84.1568, 26.8485)
Luminance	0.8415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F16D #6D75F9

analogous

#F9AB6D #F9F16D #BBF96D

triadic

#F9F16D #6DF9F1 #F16DF9

tetradic

#F9F16D #6DF9AB #6D75F9 #F96DBB

square

#F9F16D #6DF9AB #6D75F9 #F96DBB

split-complementary

#F9F16D #6DBBF9 #AB6DF9

monochromatic

#E2D609 #F7EB32 #F9F16D #FBF7A8 #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#F9F16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.83

#F9F16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F16D

17.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F16D	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)

#FFE95F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 241, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.9% 0.153 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef59b',
    500: '#f9f16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f16d;
$custom-light: #fef59b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.571,
    "s": 92.105,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93943,
    "c": 0.15259,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.84154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F16D

secondary

#373FD4

accent

#0DE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F16D

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

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