#F9E55A#F9E55A

#F9E55A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.157 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E55A
RGB	rgb(249, 229, 90)
HSL	hsl(52, 93%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 63.9%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.28, -8.89, 67.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.28, 68.48, 97.46°)
OKLab	oklab(91.32% -0.0302 0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(91.32% 0.157 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(68.9345, 76.9195, 20.8867)
Luminance	0.7692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E55A #5A6EF9

analogous

#F9965A #F9E55A #BEF95A

triadic

#F9E55A #5AF9E5 #E55AF9

tetradic

#F9E55A #5AF996 #5A6EF9 #F95ABE

square

#F9E55A #5AF996 #5A6EF9 #F95ABE

split-complementary

#F9E55A #5ABEF9 #965AF9

monochromatic

#D1B808 #F7DC1F #F9E55A #FBEE95 #FDF8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F9E55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.38

#F9E55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E55A

16.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E55A	1.00	1.28	16.38	16.38
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DF49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 229, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.157 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec8f',
    500: '#f9e55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e55a;
$custom-light: #ffec8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.453,
    "s": 92.982,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91321,
    "c": 0.15685,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E55A

secondary

#2B3FCC

accent

#1DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E55A

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

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