#F9F56F#F9F56F

#F9F56F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.866; OKLCH L 94.8% C 0.155 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F56F
RGB	rgb(249, 245, 111)
HSL	hsl(58, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(58, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 55.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.57, -15.38, 63.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.57, 65.55, 103.57°)
OKLab	oklab(94.78% -0.0464 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(94.78% 0.155 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(74.5907, 86.5944, 27.8210)
Luminance	0.8659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F56F #6F73F9

analogous

#F9B06F #F9F56F #B8F96F

triadic

#F9F56F #6FF9F5 #F56FF9

tetradic

#F9F56F #6FF9B0 #6F73F9 #F96FB8

square

#F9F56F #6FF9B0 #6F73F9 #F96FB8

split-complementary

#F9F56F #6FB8F9 #B06FF9

monochromatic

#E4DE0A #F7F134 #F9F56F #FBF9AA #FEFDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#F9F56F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.32

#F9F56F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F56F

18.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F56F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F56F	1.00	1.15	18.32	18.32
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEC61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF276

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE7D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f56f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 245, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.8% 0.155 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef89c',
    500: '#f9f56f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f56f;
$custom-light: #fef89c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f56f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 245,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.261,
    "s": 92,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94783,
    "c": 0.15485,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.86592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F56F

secondary

#383DD4

accent

#07E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F56F

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

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