#F9E15A#F9E15A

#F9E15A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.154 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E15A
RGB	rgb(249, 225, 90)
HSL	hsl(51, 93%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 63.9%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.27, -6.90, 66.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.27, 67.18, 95.89°)
OKLab	oklab(90.51% -0.0245 0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(90.51% 0.154 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(67.8405, 74.7314, 20.5221)
Luminance	0.7473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E15A #5A72F9

analogous

#F9925A #F9E15A #C2F95A

triadic

#F9E15A #5AF9E1 #E15AF9

tetradic

#F9E15A #5AF992 #5A72F9 #F95AC2

square

#F9E15A #5AF992 #5A72F9 #F95AC2

split-complementary

#F9E15A #5AC2F9 #925AF9

monochromatic

#D1B308 #F7D61F #F9E15A #FBEC95 #FDF6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#F9E15A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.95

#F9E15A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E15A

15.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E15A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E15A	1.00	1.32	15.95	15.95
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e15a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 225, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.154 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea8e',
    500: '#f9e15a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e15a;
$custom-light: #ffea8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e15a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.943,
    "s": 92.982,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90514,
    "c": 0.15359,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E15A

secondary

#2B43CC

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E15A

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

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