#F9E65B#F9E65B

#F9E65B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.157 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E65B
RGB	rgb(249, 230, 91)
HSL	hsl(53, 93%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 63.5%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.55, -9.33, 67.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.55, 68.41, 97.84°)
OKLab	oklab(91.53% -0.0313 0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(91.53% 0.157 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.2549, 77.4916, 21.2049)
Luminance	0.7749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E65B #5B6EF9

analogous

#F9975B #F9E65B #BDF95B

triadic

#F9E65B #5BF9E6 #E65BF9

tetradic

#F9E65B #5BF997 #5B6EF9 #F95BBD

square

#F9E65B #5BF997 #5B6EF9 #F95BBD

split-complementary

#F9E65B #5BBDF9 #975BF9

monochromatic

#D2BA08 #F7DD20 #F9E65B #FBEF96 #FDF8D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F9E65B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.50

#F9E65B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E65B

16.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E65B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E65B	1.00	1.27	16.50	16.50
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e65b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 230, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.157 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffed8f',
    500: '#f9e65b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e65b;
$custom-light: #ffed8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e65b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.785,
    "s": 92.941,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91532,
    "c": 0.15695,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E65B

secondary

#2B3FCD

accent

#1CE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E65B

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

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