#F9E68D#F9E68D

#F9E68D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.787; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.111 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E68D
RGB	rgb(249, 230, 141)
HSL	hsl(49, 90%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(49, 43%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 43.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.08, -5.39, 45.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.08, 45.91, 96.74°)
OKLab	oklab(92.13% -0.0148 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(92.13% 0.111 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(72.1732, 78.6589, 36.5750)
Luminance	0.7866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E68D #8DA0F9

analogous

#F9B08D #F9E68D #D6F98D

triadic

#F9E68D #8DF9E6 #E68DF9

tetradic

#F9E68D #8DF9B0 #8DA0F9 #F98DD6

square

#F9E68D #8DF9B0 #8DA0F9 #F98DD6

split-complementary

#F9E68D #8DD6F9 #B08DF9

monochromatic

#F3CC19 #F6D953 #F9E68D #FCF3C7 #FDF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#F9E68D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.73

#F9E68D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E68D

16.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E68D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E68D	1.00	1.26	16.73	16.73
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E286

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE890

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e68d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 230, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.111 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdedaf',
    500: '#f9e68d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e68d;
$custom-light: #fdedaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e68d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.444,
    "s": 90,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92126,
    "c": 0.11146,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.78656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E68D

secondary

#526AD8

accent

#28E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E68D

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

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