#F9E45A#F9E45A

#F9E45A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.764; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.156 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E45A
RGB	rgb(249, 228, 90)
HSL	hsl(52, 93%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 63.9%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.03, -8.39, 67.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.03, 68.15, 97.08°)
OKLab	oklab(91.12% -0.0288 0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(91.12% 0.156 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(68.6586, 76.3677, 20.7948)
Luminance	0.7637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E45A #5A6FF9

analogous

#F9955A #F9E45A #BFF95A

triadic

#F9E45A #5AF9E4 #E45AF9

tetradic

#F9E45A #5AF995 #5A6FF9 #F95ABF

square

#F9E45A #5AF995 #5A6FF9 #F95ABF

split-complementary

#F9E45A #5ABFF9 #955AF9

monochromatic

#D1B608 #F7DA1F #F9E45A #FBEE95 #FDF7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F9E45A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.27

#F9E45A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E45A

16.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E45A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E45A	1.00	1.29	16.27	16.27
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e45a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 228, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.156 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec8f',
    500: '#f9e45a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e45a;
$custom-light: #ffec8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e45a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.075,
    "s": 92.982,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91119,
    "c": 0.15602,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.76365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E45A

secondary

#2B40CC

accent

#1EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E45A

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

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