#F9E65A#F9E65A

#F9E65A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.158 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E65A
RGB	rgb(249, 230, 90)
HSL	hsl(53, 93%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 63.9%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.54, -9.39, 68.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.54, 68.82, 97.84°)
OKLab	oklab(91.52% -0.0316 0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(91.52% 0.158 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.2120, 77.4744, 20.9792)
Luminance	0.7747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E65A #5A6DF9

analogous

#F9975A #F9E65A #BDF95A

triadic

#F9E65A #5AF9E6 #E65AF9

tetradic

#F9E65A #5AF997 #5A6DF9 #F95ABD

square

#F9E65A #5AF997 #5A6DF9 #F95ABD

split-complementary

#F9E65A #5ABDF9 #975AF9

monochromatic

#D1B908 #F7DD1F #F9E65A #FBEF95 #FDF8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F9E65A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.49

#F9E65A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E65A

16.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E65A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E65A	1.00	1.27	16.49	16.49
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e65a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 230, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.158 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffed8f',
    500: '#f9e65a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e65a;
$custom-light: #ffed8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e65a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.83,
    "s": 92.982,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91523,
    "c": 0.15769,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.77472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E65A

secondary

#2B3ECC

accent

#1BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E65A

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

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