#F9F86A#F9F86A

#F9F86A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.883; OKLCH L 95.3% C 0.162 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F86A
RGB	rgb(249, 248, 106)
HSL	hsl(60, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 57.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.29, -17.19, 66.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.29, 68.86, 104.46°)
OKLab	oklab(95.35% -0.0521 0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(95.35% 0.162 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(75.2380, 88.3172, 26.7165)
Luminance	0.8831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F86A #6A6BF9

analogous

#F9B06A #F9F86A #B3F96A

triadic

#F9F86A #6AF9F8 #F86AF9

tetradic

#F9F86A #6AF9B0 #6A6BF9 #F96AB3

square

#F9F86A #6AF9B0 #6A6BF9 #F96AB3

split-complementary

#F9F86A #6AB3F9 #B06AF9

monochromatic

#E0DE09 #F7F52F #F9F86A #FBFBA5 #FEFEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.13

#F9F86A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.66

#F9F86A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F86A

18.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F86A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F86A	1.00	1.13	18.66	18.66
#FFFFFF	1.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEF5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF472

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEAD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F1F1F1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f86a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 248, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.3% 0.162 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fefa9a',
    500: '#f9f86a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f86a;
$custom-light: #fefa9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f86a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.58,
    "s": 92.258,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95349,
    "c": 0.16206,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.88315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F86A

secondary

#3435D3

accent

#02E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF5

border

#D7D7CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F86A

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

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