#F9F56A#F9F56A

#F9F56A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.865; OKLCH L 94.7% C 0.159 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F56A
RGB	rgb(249, 245, 106)
HSL	hsl(58, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(58, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 57.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.52, -15.74, 65.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.52, 67.68, 103.45°)
OKLab	oklab(94.73% -0.0479 0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(94.73% 0.159 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(74.3231, 86.4873, 26.4115)
Luminance	0.8649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F56A #6A6EF9

analogous

#F9AE6A #F9F56A #B5F96A

triadic

#F9F56A #6AF9F5 #F56AF9

tetradic

#F9F56A #6AF9AE #6A6EF9 #F96AB5

square

#F9F56A #6AF9AE #6A6EF9 #F96AB5

split-complementary

#F9F56A #6AB5F9 #AE6AF9

monochromatic

#E0DA09 #F7F12F #F9F56A #FBF9A5 #FEFDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#F9F56A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.30

#F9F56A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F56A

18.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F56A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F56A	1.00	1.15	18.30	18.30
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEC5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF272

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE7D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f56a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 245, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.7% 0.159 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef899',
    500: '#f9f56a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f56a;
$custom-light: #fef899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f56a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 245,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.322,
    "s": 92.258,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94732,
    "c": 0.15904,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.86485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F56A

secondary

#3438D3

accent

#06E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F56A

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

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