#F9E264#F9E264

#F9E264 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.147 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#F9E264
RGBrgb(249, 226, 100)
HSLhsl(51, 93%, 68%)
HSVhsv(51, 60%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 9.2%, 59.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LABlab(89.61, -6.77, 62.96)
CIE-LCHlch(89.61, 63.32, 96.14°)
OKLaboklab(90.81% -0.023 0.1448)
OKLCHoklch(90.81% 0.147 99)
XYZxyz(68.5663, 75.4555, 23.0068)
Luminance0.7545 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#F9E264 #647BF9
analogous
#F99764 #F9E264 #C6F964
triadic
#F9E264 #64F9E2 #E264F9
tetradic
#F9E264 #64F997 #647BF9 #F964C6
square
#F9E264 #64F997 #647BF9 #F964C6
split-complementary
#F9E264 #64C6F9 #9764F9
monochromatic
#DABA08 #F7D729 #F9E264 #FBED9F #FEF8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31
#F9E264 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.09
#F9E264 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E264
16.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##F9E264#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##F9E2641.001.3116.0916.09
#FFFFFF1.311.0021.0021.00
#00000016.0921.001.001.00
##00000016.0921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F6DC56
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FCE56A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFD3C7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #f9e264;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 226, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.147 99.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feea95',
    500: '#f9e264',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #f9e264;
$custom-light: #feea95;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#f9e264",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.738,
    "s": 92.547,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9081,
    "c": 0.14661,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.75453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#F9E264
secondary
#2F48D2
accent
#23E600
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFDF5
border
#D7D5CF
text
#18160E
muted
#86847F

Preview Lab

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#F9E264 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva