#F9E764#F9E764

#F9E764 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.151 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E764
RGB	rgb(249, 231, 100)
HSL	hsl(53, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 59.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.88, -9.26, 64.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.88, 65.02, 98.19°)
OKLab	oklab(91.82% -0.0301 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(91.82% 0.151 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.9457, 78.2144, 23.4666)
Luminance	0.7821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E764 #6476F9

analogous

#F99C64 #F9E764 #C0F964

triadic

#F9E764 #64F9E7 #E764F9

tetradic

#F9E764 #64F99C #6476F9 #F964C0

square

#F9E764 #64F99C #6476F9 #F964C0

split-complementary

#F9E764 #64C0F9 #9C64F9

monochromatic

#DAC108 #F7DE29 #F9E764 #FBF09F #FEF9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#F9E764 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.64

#F9E764 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E764

16.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E764	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E764	1.00	1.26	16.64	16.64
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE86B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e764;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 231, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.151 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feee95',
    500: '#f9e764',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e764;
$custom-light: #feee95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e764",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.752,
    "s": 92.547,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91818,
    "c": 0.15082,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E764

secondary

#2F42D2

accent

#1CE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E764

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

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