#F9E564#F9E564

#F9E564 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.149 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E564
RGB	rgb(249, 229, 100)
HSL	hsl(52, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 59.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.37, -8.27, 63.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.37, 64.33, 97.38°)
OKLab	oklab(91.41% -0.0273 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(91.41% 0.149 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.3892, 77.1013, 23.2811)
Luminance	0.7710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E564 #6478F9

analogous

#F99A64 #F9E564 #C3F964

triadic

#F9E564 #64F9E5 #E564F9

tetradic

#F9E564 #64F99A #6478F9 #F964C3

square

#F9E564 #64F99A #6478F9 #F964C3

split-complementary

#F9E564 #64C3F9 #9A64F9

monochromatic

#DABE08 #F7DB29 #F9E564 #FBEF9F #FEF9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F9E564 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.42

#F9E564 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E564

16.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E564	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E564	1.00	1.28	16.42	16.42
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DF56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE76B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e564;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 229, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.149 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feec95',
    500: '#f9e564',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e564;
$custom-light: #feec95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e564",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.946,
    "s": 92.547,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91414,
    "c": 0.14911,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E564

secondary

#2F45D2

accent

#1FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E564

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

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