#F9E062#F9E062

#F9E062 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.147 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E062
RGB	rgb(249, 224, 98)
HSL	hsl(50, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 60.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.08, -5.90, 63.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.08, 63.52, 95.33°)
OKLab	oklab(90.39% -0.0207 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(90.39% 0.147 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(67.9300, 74.3359, 22.3230)
Luminance	0.7433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E062 #627BF9

analogous

#F99462 #F9E062 #C7F962

triadic

#F9E062 #62F9E0 #E062F9

tetradic

#F9E062 #62F994 #627BF9 #F962C7

square

#F9E062 #62F994 #627BF9 #F962C7

split-complementary

#F9E062 #62C7F9 #9462F9

monochromatic

#D8B608 #F7D427 #F9E062 #FBEC9D #FEF7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#F9E062 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.87

#F9E062 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E062

15.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E062	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E062	1.00	1.32	15.87	15.87
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE468

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e062;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 224, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.147 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee993',
    500: '#f9e062',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e062;
$custom-light: #fee993;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e062",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.066,
    "s": 92.638,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90388,
    "c": 0.14661,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E062

secondary

#2D48D2

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E062

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

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