#F9E265#F9E265

#F9E265 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.146 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E265
RGB	rgb(249, 226, 101)
HSL	hsl(51, 93%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 59.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.61, -6.70, 62.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.61, 62.89, 96.12°)
OKLab	oklab(90.82% -0.0227 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(90.82% 0.146 99)
XYZ	xyz(68.6150, 75.4750, 23.2633)
Luminance	0.7547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E265 #657CF9

analogous

#F99865 #F9E265 #C6F965

triadic

#F9E265 #65F9E2 #E265F9

tetradic

#F9E265 #65F998 #657CF9 #F965C6

square

#F9E265 #65F998 #657CF9 #F965C6

split-complementary

#F9E265 #65C6F9 #9865F9

monochromatic

#DBBA09 #F7D72A #F9E265 #FBEDA0 #FEF8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#F9E265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.09

#F9E265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E265

16.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E265	1.00	1.30	16.09	16.09
#FFFFFF	1.30	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)

#F6DC58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE56B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 226, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.146 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feea95',
    500: '#f9e265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e265;
$custom-light: #feea95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.676,
    "s": 92.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9082,
    "c": 0.14579,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.75472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E265

secondary

#3049D3

accent

#24E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E265

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

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