#F9DE65#F9DE65

#F9DE65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.143 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9DE65
RGB	rgb(249, 222, 101)
HSL	hsl(49, 93%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 59.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.60, -4.69, 61.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.60, 61.58, 94.37°)
OKLab	oklab(90.02% -0.0169 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(90.02% 0.143 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.5399, 73.3250, 22.9049)
Luminance	0.7332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9DE65 #6580F9

analogous

#F99465 #F9DE65 #CAF965

triadic

#F9DE65 #65F9DE #DE65F9

tetradic

#F9DE65 #65F994 #6580F9 #F965CA

square

#F9DE65 #65F994 #6580F9 #F965CA

split-complementary

#F9DE65 #65CAF9 #9465F9

monochromatic

#DBB509 #F7D12A #F9DE65 #FBEBA0 #FEF7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#F9DE65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.66

#F9DE65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9DE65

15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9DE65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9DE65	1.00	1.34	15.66	15.66
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E26B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9de65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 222, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.143 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee895',
    500: '#f9de65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9de65;
$custom-light: #fee895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9de65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.054,
    "s": 92.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90018,
    "c": 0.14261,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9DE65

secondary

#304DD3

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9DE65

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

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