#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
RGBrgb(249, 225, 100)
HSLhsl(50, 93%, 68%)
HSVhsv(50, 60%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 9.6%, 59.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LABlab(89.35, -6.27, 62.68)
CIE-LCHlch(89.35, 62.99, 95.71°)
OKLaboklab(90.61% -0.0216 0.1442)
OKLCHoklch(90.61% 0.146 98.5)
XYZxyz(68.2951, 74.9133, 22.9164)
Luminance0.7491 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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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
##F9E1641.001.3115.9815.98
#FFFFFF1.311.0021.0021.00
#00000015.9821.001.001.00
##00000015.9821.001.001.00

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

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#F9E164 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva