#F9DE68#F9DE68

#F9DE68 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.140 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9DE68
RGB	rgb(249, 222, 104)
HSL	hsl(49, 92%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 58.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.63, -4.49, 60.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.63, 60.27, 94.27°)
OKLab	oklab(90.05% -0.016 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(90.05% 0.14 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(67.6896, 73.3848, 23.6932)
Luminance	0.7338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9DE68 #6883F9

analogous

#F99668 #F9DE68 #CBF968

triadic

#F9DE68 #68F9DE #DE68F9

tetradic

#F9DE68 #68F996 #6883F9 #F968CB

square

#F9DE68 #68F996 #6883F9 #F968CB

split-complementary

#F9DE68 #68CBF9 #9668F9

monochromatic

#DEB609 #F7D12D #F9DE68 #FBEBA3 #FEF8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#F9DE68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.68

#F9DE68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9DE68

15.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9DE68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9DE68	1.00	1.34	15.68	15.68
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D95C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E26D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9de68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 222, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.140 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee897',
    500: '#f9de68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9de68;
$custom-light: #fee897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9de68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.828,
    "s": 92.357,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9005,
    "c": 0.14009,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9DE68

secondary

#3250D3

accent

#2BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9DE68

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

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