#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
RGBrgb(249, 231, 100)
HSLhsl(53, 93%, 68%)
HSVhsv(53, 60%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 7.2%, 59.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LABlab(90.88, -9.26, 64.36)
CIE-LCHlch(90.88, 65.02, 98.19°)
OKLaboklab(91.82% -0.0301 0.1478)
OKLCHoklch(91.82% 0.151 101.5)
XYZxyz(69.9457, 78.2144, 23.4666)
Luminance0.7821 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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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
##F9E7641.001.2616.6416.64
#FFFFFF1.261.0021.0021.00
#00000016.6421.001.001.00
##00000016.6421.001.001.00

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

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#F9E764 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva