#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
RGB	rgb(249, 226, 100)
HSL	hsl(51, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 59.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.61, -6.77, 62.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.61, 63.32, 96.14°)
OKLab	oklab(90.81% -0.023 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(90.81% 0.147 99)
XYZ	xyz(68.5663, 75.4555, 23.0068)
Luminance	0.7545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##F9E264	1.00	1.31	16.09	16.09
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #F9E264

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

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