#F9E469#F9E469

#F9E469 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.144 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E469
RGB	rgb(249, 228, 105)
HSL	hsl(51, 92%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 57.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.16, -7.43, 61.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.16, 61.83, 96.90°)
OKLab	oklab(91.26% -0.0243 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(91.26% 0.144 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(69.3627, 76.6493, 24.5030)
Luminance	0.7665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E469 #697EF9

analogous

#F99C69 #F9E469 #C6F969

triadic

#F9E469 #69F9E4 #E469F9

tetradic

#F9E469 #69F99C #697EF9 #F969C6

square

#F9E469 #69F99C #697EF9 #F969C6

split-complementary

#F9E469 #69C6F9 #9C69F9

monochromatic

#DFC009 #F7D92E #F9E469 #FBEFA4 #FEF9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F9E469 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.33

#F9E469 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E469

16.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E469	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E469	1.00	1.29	16.33	16.33
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DE5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE66F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e469;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 228, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.144 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feec98',
    500: '#f9e469',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e469;
$custom-light: #feec98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e469",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.25,
    "s": 92.308,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91264,
    "c": 0.14411,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E469

secondary

#334AD3

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E469

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

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