#F9E164#F9E164

#F9E164 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.146 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E164
RGB	rgb(249, 225, 100)
HSL	hsl(50, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 59.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.35, -6.27, 62.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.35, 62.99, 95.71°)
OKLab	oklab(90.61% -0.0216 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(90.61% 0.146 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(68.2951, 74.9133, 22.9164)
Luminance	0.7491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E164 #647CF9

analogous

#F99664 #F9E164 #C6F964

triadic

#F9E164 #64F9E1 #E164F9

tetradic

#F9E164 #64F996 #647CF9 #F964C6

square

#F9E164 #64F996 #647CF9 #F964C6

split-complementary

#F9E164 #64C6F9 #9664F9

monochromatic

#DAB808 #F7D629 #F9E164 #FBEC9F #FEF8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#F9E164 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.98

#F9E164 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E164

15.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E164	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E164	1.00	1.31	15.98	15.98
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE46A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e164;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 225, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.146 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feea94',
    500: '#f9e164',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e164;
$custom-light: #feea94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e164",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.336,
    "s": 92.547,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90609,
    "c": 0.14579,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E164

secondary

#2F49D2

accent

#25E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E164

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

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