#F9F56D#F9F56D

#F9F56D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.865; OKLCH L 94.8% C 0.157 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F56D
RGB	rgb(249, 245, 109)
HSL	hsl(58, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(58, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 56.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.55, -15.53, 64.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.55, 66.41, 103.52°)
OKLab	oklab(94.76% -0.047 0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(94.76% 0.157 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(74.4819, 86.5508, 27.2476)
Luminance	0.8655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F56D #6D71F9

analogous

#F9AF6D #F9F56D #B7F96D

triadic

#F9F56D #6DF9F5 #F56DF9

tetradic

#F9F56D #6DF9AF #6D71F9 #F96DB7

square

#F9F56D #6DF9AF #6D71F9 #F96DB7

split-complementary

#F9F56D #6DB7F9 #AF6DF9

monochromatic

#E2DC09 #F7F132 #F9F56D #FBF9A8 #FEFDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#F9F56D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.31

#F9F56D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F56D

18.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F56D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F56D	1.00	1.15	18.31	18.31
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEC5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF274

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE7D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f56d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 245, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.8% 0.157 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef89b',
    500: '#f9f56d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f56d;
$custom-light: #fef89b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f56d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 245,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.286,
    "s": 92.105,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94763,
    "c": 0.15655,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.86549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F56D

secondary

#373BD4

accent

#07E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F56D

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

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