#F9E05A#F9E05A

#F9E05A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.153 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E05A
RGB	rgb(249, 224, 90)
HSL	hsl(51, 93%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 63.9%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.01, -6.39, 66.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.01, 66.86, 95.49°)
OKLab	oklab(90.31% -0.023 0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(90.31% 0.153 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(67.5710, 74.1923, 20.4322)
Luminance	0.7419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E05A #5A73F9

analogous

#F9915A #F9E05A #C3F95A

triadic

#F9E05A #5AF9E0 #E05AF9

tetradic

#F9E05A #5AF991 #5A73F9 #F95AC3

square

#F9E05A #5AF991 #5A73F9 #F95AC3

split-complementary

#F9E05A #5AC3F9 #915AF9

monochromatic

#D1B108 #F7D51F #F9E05A #FBEB95 #FDF6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#F9E05A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.84

#F9E05A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E05A

15.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E05A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E05A	1.00	1.33	15.84	15.84
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e05a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 224, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.153 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe98e',
    500: '#f9e05a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e05a;
$custom-light: #ffe98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e05a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.566,
    "s": 92.982,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90313,
    "c": 0.15281,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E05A

secondary

#2B44CC

accent

#24E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E05A

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

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