#F9E365#F9E365

#F9E365 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	#F9E365
RGB	rgb(249, 227, 101)
HSL	hsl(51, 93%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 59.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.87, -7.20, 62.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.87, 63.22, 96.54°)
OKLab	oklab(91.02% -0.0241 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(91.02% 0.147 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(68.8877, 76.0204, 23.3542)
Luminance	0.7602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E365 #657BF9

analogous

#F99965 #F9E365 #C5F965

triadic

#F9E365 #65F9E3 #E365F9

tetradic

#F9E365 #65F999 #657BF9 #F965C5

square

#F9E365 #65F999 #657BF9 #F965C5

split-complementary

#F9E365 #65C5F9 #9965F9

monochromatic

#DBBC09 #F7D82A #F9E365 #FBEEA0 #FEF8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#F9E365 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.20

#F9E365 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E365

16.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E365	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E365	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)

#F7DD57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE66B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e365;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 227, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.147 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeb95',
    500: '#f9e365',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e365;
$custom-light: #feeb95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e365",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.081,
    "s": 92.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91021,
    "c": 0.14661,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E365

secondary

#3048D3

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E365

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

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