#F9E769#F9E769

#F9E769 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.783; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.147 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E769
RGB	rgb(249, 231, 105)
HSL	hsl(53, 92%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 57.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.92, -8.92, 62.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.92, 62.88, 98.16°)
OKLab	oklab(91.87% -0.0286 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(91.87% 0.147 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(70.1952, 78.3142, 24.7805)
Luminance	0.7831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E769 #697BF9

analogous

#F99F69 #F9E769 #C3F969

triadic

#F9E769 #69F9E7 #E769F9

tetradic

#F9E769 #69F99F #697BF9 #F969C3

square

#F9E769 #69F99F #697BF9 #F969C3

split-complementary

#F9E769 #69C3F9 #9F69F9

monochromatic

#DFC409 #F7DE2E #F9E769 #FBF0A4 #FEFADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#F9E769 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.66

#F9E769 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E769

16.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E769	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E769	1.00	1.26	16.66	16.66
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE15C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE86F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e769;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 231, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.147 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feee98',
    500: '#f9e769',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e769;
$custom-light: #feee98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e769",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 92.308,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91869,
    "c": 0.1467,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.78311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E769

secondary

#3347D3

accent

#1DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E769

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

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