#F9E061#F9E061

#F9E061 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.147 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E061
RGB	rgb(249, 224, 97)
HSL	hsl(50, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 61%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.07, -5.96, 63.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.07, 63.94, 95.35°)
OKLab	oklab(90.38% -0.021 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(90.38% 0.147 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(67.8831, 74.3172, 22.0759)
Luminance	0.7431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E061 #617AF9

analogous

#F99461 #F9E061 #C6F961

triadic

#F9E061 #61F9E0 #E061F9

tetradic

#F9E061 #61F994 #617AF9 #F961C6

square

#F9E061 #61F994 #617AF9 #F961C6

split-complementary

#F9E061 #61C6F9 #9461F9

monochromatic

#D7B508 #F7D426 #F9E061 #FBEC9C #FDF7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#F9E061 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.86

#F9E061 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E061

15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E061	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E061	1.00	1.32	15.86	15.86
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE467

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e061;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 224, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.147 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee993',
    500: '#f9e061',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e061;
$custom-light: #fee993;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e061",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.132,
    "s": 92.683,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90378,
    "c": 0.14742,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E061

secondary

#2D48D2

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E061

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

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