#F9E165#F9E165

#F9E165 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.145 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E165
RGB	rgb(249, 225, 101)
HSL	hsl(50, 93%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 59.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.36, -6.20, 62.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.36, 62.56, 95.69°)
OKLab	oklab(90.62% -0.0213 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(90.62% 0.145 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(68.3438, 74.9327, 23.1729)
Luminance	0.7493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E165 #657DF9

analogous

#F99765 #F9E165 #C7F965

triadic

#F9E165 #65F9E1 #E165F9

tetradic

#F9E165 #65F997 #657DF9 #F965C7

square

#F9E165 #65F997 #657DF9 #F965C7

split-complementary

#F9E165 #65C7F9 #9765F9

monochromatic

#DBB909 #F7D62A #F9E165 #FBECA0 #FEF8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#F9E165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.99

#F9E165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E165

15.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E165	1.00	1.31	15.99	15.99
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE46B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 225, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.145 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feea95',
    500: '#f9e165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e165;
$custom-light: #feea95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.27,
    "s": 92.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90619,
    "c": 0.14498,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.7493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E165

secondary

#304AD3

accent

#25E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E165

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

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