#F9E35A#F9E35A

#F9E35A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.155 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E35A
RGB	rgb(249, 227, 90)
HSL	hsl(52, 93%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 63.9%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.78, -7.90, 67.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.78, 67.83, 96.69°)
OKLab	oklab(90.92% -0.0273 0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(90.92% 0.155 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(68.3843, 75.8191, 20.7033)
Luminance	0.7582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E35A #5A70F9

analogous

#F9945A #F9E35A #C0F95A

triadic

#F9E35A #5AF9E3 #E35AF9

tetradic

#F9E35A #5AF994 #5A70F9 #F95AC0

square

#F9E35A #5AF994 #5A70F9 #F95AC0

split-complementary

#F9E35A #5AC0F9 #945AF9

monochromatic

#D1B508 #F7D91F #F9E35A #FBED95 #FDF7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#F9E35A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.16

#F9E35A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E35A

16.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E35A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E35A	1.00	1.30	16.16	16.16
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e35a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 227, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.155 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeb8f',
    500: '#f9e35a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e35a;
$custom-light: #ffeb8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e35a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.698,
    "s": 92.982,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90917,
    "c": 0.15521,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E35A

secondary

#2B41CC

accent

#20E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E35A

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

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