#F9E25E#F9E25E

#F9E25E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.151 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E25E
RGB	rgb(249, 226, 94)
HSL	hsl(51, 93%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 62.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.55, -7.15, 65.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.55, 65.86, 96.24°)
OKLab	oklab(90.75% -0.0248 0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(90.75% 0.151 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(68.2865, 75.3436, 21.5333)
Luminance	0.7534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E25E #5E75F9

analogous

#F9955E #F9E25E #C2F95E

triadic

#F9E25E #5EF9E2 #E25EF9

tetradic

#F9E25E #5EF995 #5E75F9 #F95EC2

square

#F9E25E #5EF995 #5E75F9 #F95EC2

split-complementary

#F9E25E #5EC2F9 #955EF9

monochromatic

#D5B608 #F7D723 #F9E25E #FBED99 #FDF7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#F9E25E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.07

#F9E25E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E25E

16.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E25E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E25E	1.00	1.31	16.07	16.07
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE565

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e25e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 226, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.151 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea91',
    500: '#f9e25e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e25e;
$custom-light: #ffea91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e25e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.097,
    "s": 92.814,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90752,
    "c": 0.15136,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E25E

secondary

#2C44CF

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E25E

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

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