#F9F36C#F9F36C

#F9F36C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.853; OKLCH L 94.3% C 0.155 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F36C
RGB	rgb(249, 243, 108)
HSL	hsl(57, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 56.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.02, -14.62, 64.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.02, 66.05, 102.79°)
OKLab	oklab(94.34% -0.0446 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(94.34% 0.155 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(73.8266, 85.3259, 26.7651)
Luminance	0.8532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F36C #6C72F9

analogous

#F9AD6C #F9F36C #B8F96C

triadic

#F9F36C #6CF9F3 #F36CF9

tetradic

#F9F36C #6CF9AD #6C72F9 #F96CB8

square

#F9F36C #6CF9AD #6C72F9 #F96CB8

split-complementary

#F9F36C #6CB8F9 #AD6CF9

monochromatic

#E1D809 #F7EE31 #F9F36C #FBF8A7 #FEFDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#F9F36C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.06

#F9F36C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F36C

18.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F36C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F36C	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)

#FFEB5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF073

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f36c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 243, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.3% 0.155 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef69a',
    500: '#f9f36c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f36c;
$custom-light: #fef69a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f36c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 243,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.447,
    "s": 92.157,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94342,
    "c": 0.1554,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.85324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F36C

secondary

#363CD4

accent

#0AE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F36C

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

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