#F9E05D#F9E05D

#F9E05D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.151 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E05D
RGB	rgb(249, 224, 93)
HSL	hsl(50, 93%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 62.7%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.04, -6.21, 65.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.04, 65.62, 95.43°)
OKLab	oklab(90.34% -0.0222 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(90.34% 0.151 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(67.7012, 74.2444, 21.1183)
Luminance	0.7424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E05D #5D76F9

analogous

#F9925D #F9E05D #C4F95D

triadic

#F9E05D #5DF9E0 #E05DF9

tetradic

#F9E05D #5DF992 #5D76F9 #F95DC4

square

#F9E05D #5DF992 #5D76F9 #F95DC4

split-complementary

#F9E05D #5DC4F9 #925DF9

monochromatic

#D4B308 #F7D522 #F9E05D #FBEB98 #FDF7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#F9E05D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.85

#F9E05D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E05D

15.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E05D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E05D	1.00	1.33	15.85	15.85
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e05d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 224, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.151 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe990',
    500: '#f9e05d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e05d;
$custom-light: #ffe990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e05d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.385,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9034,
    "c": 0.15055,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E05D

secondary

#2C46CE

accent

#25E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E05D

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

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