#F9E25A#F9E25A

#F9E25A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.154 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E25A
RGB	rgb(249, 226, 90)
HSL	hsl(51, 93%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 63.9%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.52, -7.40, 67.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.52, 67.50, 96.29°)
OKLab	oklab(90.72% -0.0259 0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(90.72% 0.154 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(68.1116, 75.2736, 20.6124)
Luminance	0.7527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E25A #5A71F9

analogous

#F9935A #F9E25A #C1F95A

triadic

#F9E25A #5AF9E2 #E25AF9

tetradic

#F9E25A #5AF993 #5A71F9 #F95AC1

square

#F9E25A #5AF993 #5A71F9 #F95AC1

split-complementary

#F9E25A #5AC1F9 #935AF9

monochromatic

#D1B408 #F7D81F #F9E25A #FBEC95 #FDF7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#F9E25A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.05

#F9E25A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E25A

16.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E25A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E25A	1.00	1.31	16.05	16.05
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e25a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 226, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.154 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea8e',
    500: '#f9e25a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e25a;
$custom-light: #ffea8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e25a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.321,
    "s": 92.982,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90715,
    "c": 0.15439,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E25A

secondary

#2B42CC

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E25A

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

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