#F9E465#F9E465

#F9E465 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.147 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E465
RGB	rgb(249, 228, 101)
HSL	hsl(51, 93%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 59.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.12, -7.70, 63.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.12, 63.56, 96.96°)
OKLab	oklab(91.22% -0.0256 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(91.22% 0.147 100)
XYZ	xyz(69.1620, 76.5690, 23.4456)
Luminance	0.7657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E465 #657AF9

analogous

#F99A65 #F9E465 #C4F965

triadic

#F9E465 #65F9E4 #E465F9

tetradic

#F9E465 #65F99A #657AF9 #F965C4

square

#F9E465 #65F99A #657AF9 #F965C4

split-complementary

#F9E465 #65C4F9 #9A65F9

monochromatic

#DBBD09 #F7DA2A #F9E465 #FBEEA0 #FEF9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F9E465 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.31

#F9E465 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E465

16.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E465	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E465	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)

#F7DE57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE66B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e465;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 228, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.147 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feec95',
    500: '#f9e465',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e465;
$custom-light: #feec95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e465",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.486,
    "s": 92.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91222,
    "c": 0.14744,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.76566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E465

secondary

#3047D3

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E465

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

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