#F9F56E#F9F56E

#F9F56E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.866; OKLCH L 94.8% C 0.156 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F56E
RGB	rgb(249, 245, 110)
HSL	hsl(58, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(58, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 55.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.56, -15.45, 64.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.56, 65.98, 103.55°)
OKLab	oklab(94.77% -0.0467 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(94.77% 0.156 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(74.5360, 86.5725, 27.5327)
Luminance	0.8657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F56E #6E72F9

analogous

#F9AF6E #F9F56E #B8F96E

triadic

#F9F56E #6EF9F5 #F56EF9

tetradic

#F9F56E #6EF9AF #6E72F9 #F96EB8

square

#F9F56E #6EF9AF #6E72F9 #F96EB8

split-complementary

#F9F56E #6EB8F9 #AF6EF9

monochromatic

#E3DD09 #F7F133 #F9F56E #FBF9A9 #FEFDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#F9F56E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.31

#F9F56E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F56E

18.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F56E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F56E	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)

#FFEC60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF275

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE7D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f56e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 245, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.8% 0.156 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef89c',
    500: '#f9f56e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f56e;
$custom-light: #fef89c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f56e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 245,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.273,
    "s": 92.053,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94773,
    "c": 0.1557,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.8657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F56E

secondary

#373CD4

accent

#07E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F56E

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

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