#F9E464#F9E464

#F9E464 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.765; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.148 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E464
RGB	rgb(249, 228, 100)
HSL	hsl(52, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 59.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.11, -7.77, 63.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.11, 63.99, 96.97°)
OKLab	oklab(91.21% -0.0259 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(91.21% 0.148 100)
XYZ	xyz(69.1133, 76.5495, 23.1891)
Luminance	0.7655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E464 #6479F9

analogous

#F99964 #F9E464 #C3F964

triadic

#F9E464 #64F9E4 #E464F9

tetradic

#F9E464 #64F999 #6479F9 #F964C3

square

#F9E464 #64F999 #6479F9 #F964C3

split-complementary

#F9E464 #64C3F9 #9964F9

monochromatic

#DABD08 #F7DA29 #F9E464 #FBEE9F #FEF9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F9E464 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.31

#F9E464 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E464

16.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E464	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E464	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)

#F8DE56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE66B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e464;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 228, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.148 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feec95',
    500: '#f9e464',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e464;
$custom-light: #feec95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e464",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.544,
    "s": 92.547,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91212,
    "c": 0.14826,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.76547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E464

secondary

#2F46D2

accent

#20E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E464

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

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