#F9E361#F9E361

#F9E361 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.150 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E361
RGB	rgb(249, 227, 97)
HSL	hsl(51, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 61%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.83, -7.47, 64.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.83, 64.93, 96.60°)
OKLab	oklab(90.98% -0.0253 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(90.98% 0.15 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(68.6964, 75.9439, 22.3470)
Luminance	0.7594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E361 #6177F9

analogous

#F99761 #F9E361 #C3F961

triadic

#F9E361 #61F9E3 #E361F9

tetradic

#F9E361 #61F997 #6177F9 #F961C3

square

#F9E361 #61F997 #6177F9 #F961C3

split-complementary

#F9E361 #61C3F9 #9761F9

monochromatic

#D7B908 #F7D926 #F9E361 #FBED9C #FDF8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#F9E361 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.19

#F9E361 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E361

16.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E361	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E361	1.00	1.30	16.19	16.19
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE668

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e361;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 227, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.150 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeb93',
    500: '#f9e361',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e361;
$custom-light: #feeb93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e361",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.316,
    "s": 92.683,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90981,
    "c": 0.14984,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E361

secondary

#2D45D2

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E361

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

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