#F9E364#F9E364

#F9E364 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.147 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E364
RGB	rgb(249, 227, 100)
HSL	hsl(51, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 59.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.86, -7.27, 63.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.86, 63.65, 96.56°)
OKLab	oklab(91.01% -0.0244 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(91.01% 0.147 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(68.8390, 76.0009, 23.0977)
Luminance	0.7600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E364 #647AF9

analogous

#F99864 #F9E364 #C4F964

triadic

#F9E364 #64F9E3 #E364F9

tetradic

#F9E364 #64F998 #647AF9 #F964C4

square

#F9E364 #64F998 #647AF9 #F964C4

split-complementary

#F9E364 #64C4F9 #9864F9

monochromatic

#DABB08 #F7D829 #F9E364 #FBEE9F #FEF8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#F9E364 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.20

#F9E364 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E364

16.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E364	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E364	1.00	1.30	16.20	16.20
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE66A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e364;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 227, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.147 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeb95',
    500: '#f9e364',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e364;
$custom-light: #feeb95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e364",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.141,
    "s": 92.547,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91011,
    "c": 0.14743,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E364

secondary

#2F47D2

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E364

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

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