#F9F36B#F9F36B

#F9F36B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.853; OKLCH L 94.3% C 0.156 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F36B
RGB	rgb(249, 243, 107)
HSL	hsl(57, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 57%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.01, -14.69, 64.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.01, 66.48, 102.77°)
OKLab	oklab(94.33% -0.0449 0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(94.33% 0.156 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(73.7736, 85.3047, 26.4864)
Luminance	0.8530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F36B #6B71F9

analogous

#F9AC6B #F9F36B #B8F96B

triadic

#F9F36B #6BF9F3 #F36BF9

tetradic

#F9F36B #6BF9AC #6B71F9 #F96BB8

square

#F9F36B #6BF9AC #6B71F9 #F96BB8

split-complementary

#F9F36B #6BB8F9 #AC6BF9

monochromatic

#E0D709 #F7EE30 #F9F36B #FBF8A6 #FEFDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#F9F36B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.06

#F9F36B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F36B

18.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F36B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F36B	1.00	1.16	18.06	18.06
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEB5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF072

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f36b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 243, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.3% 0.156 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef69a',
    500: '#f9f36b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f36b;
$custom-light: #fef69a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f36b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 243,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.465,
    "s": 92.208,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94332,
    "c": 0.15623,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.85302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F36B

secondary

#353BD3

accent

#0AE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F36B

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

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