#F9F36F#F9F36F

#F9F36F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.854; OKLCH L 94.4% C 0.153 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F36F
RGB	rgb(249, 243, 111)
HSL	hsl(57, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(57, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 55.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.05, -14.41, 63.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.05, 64.76, 102.85°)
OKLab	oklab(94.37% -0.0436 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(94.37% 0.153 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(73.9890, 85.3908, 27.6204)
Luminance	0.8539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F36F #6F75F9

analogous

#F9AE6F #F9F36F #BAF96F

triadic

#F9F36F #6FF9F3 #F36FF9

tetradic

#F9F36F #6FF9AE #6F75F9 #F96FBA

square

#F9F36F #6FF9AE #6F75F9 #F96FBA

split-complementary

#F9F36F #6FBAF9 #AE6FF9

monochromatic

#E4DB0A #F7EE34 #F9F36F #FBF8AA #FEFDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#F9F36F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.08

#F9F36F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F36F

18.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F36F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F36F	1.00	1.16	18.08	18.08
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEB61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF176

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f36f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 243, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.4% 0.153 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef69c',
    500: '#f9f36f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f36f;
$custom-light: #fef69c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f36f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 243,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 92,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94374,
    "c": 0.15285,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.85389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F36F

secondary

#383FD4

accent

#0AE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F36F

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

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