#F9F86E#F9F86E

#F9F86E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.884; OKLCH L 95.4% C 0.159 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F86E
RGB	rgb(249, 248, 110)
HSL	hsl(60, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(60, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 55.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.33, -16.91, 65.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.33, 67.17, 104.58°)
OKLab	oklab(95.39% -0.0508 0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(95.39% 0.159 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(75.4509, 88.4024, 27.8377)
Luminance	0.8840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F86E #6E6FF9

analogous

#F9B26E #F9F86E #B5F96E

triadic

#F9F86E #6EF9F8 #F86EF9

tetradic

#F9F86E #6EF9B2 #6E6FF9 #F96EB5

square

#F9F86E #6EF9B2 #6E6FF9 #F96EB5

split-complementary

#F9F86E #6EB5F9 #B26EF9

monochromatic

#E3E209 #F7F533 #F9F86E #FBFBA9 #FEFEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.12

#F9F86E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.68

#F9F86E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F86E

18.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F86E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F86E	1.00	1.12	18.68	18.68
#FFFFFF	1.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEF5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF476

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEADA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F2F2F2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f86e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 248, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.4% 0.159 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fefa9c',
    500: '#f9f86e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f86e;
$custom-light: #fefa9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f86e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.568,
    "s": 92.053,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95389,
    "c": 0.15875,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F86E

secondary

#3738D4

accent

#02E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF5

border

#D7D7CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F86E

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

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