#F9E463#F9E463

#F9E463 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.765; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.149 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E463
RGB	rgb(249, 228, 99)
HSL	hsl(52, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 60.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.11, -7.83, 63.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.11, 64.42, 96.99°)
OKLab	oklab(91.2% -0.0262 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(91.2% 0.149 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(69.0652, 76.5303, 22.9358)
Luminance	0.7653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E463 #6378F9

analogous

#F99963 #F9E463 #C3F963

triadic

#F9E463 #63F9E4 #E463F9

tetradic

#F9E463 #63F999 #6378F9 #F963C3

square

#F9E463 #63F999 #6378F9 #F963C3

split-complementary

#F9E463 #63C3F9 #9963F9

monochromatic

#D9BC08 #F7DA28 #F9E463 #FBEE9E #FEF8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F9E463 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.31

#F9E463 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E463

16.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E463	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E463	1.00	1.29	16.31	16.31
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE66A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e463;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 228, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.149 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feec94',
    500: '#f9e463',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e463;
$custom-light: #feec94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e463",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.6,
    "s": 92.593,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91202,
    "c": 0.14906,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E463

secondary

#2E45D2

accent

#20E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E463

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

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