#F9E85A#F9E85A

#F9E85A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.786; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.159 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E85A
RGB	rgb(249, 232, 90)
HSL	hsl(54, 93%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(54, 64%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 63.9%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.05, -10.38, 68.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.05, 69.49, 98.59°)
OKLab	oklab(91.93% -0.0344 0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(91.93% 0.159 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.7718, 78.5939, 21.1658)
Luminance	0.7859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E85A #5A6BF9

analogous

#F9995A #F9E85A #BBF95A

triadic

#F9E85A #5AF9E8 #E85AF9

tetradic

#F9E85A #5AF999 #5A6BF9 #F95ABB

square

#F9E85A #5AF999 #5A6BF9 #F95ABB

split-complementary

#F9E85A #5ABBF9 #995AF9

monochromatic

#D1BB08 #F7E01F #F9E85A #FBF095 #FDF8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#F9E85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.72

#F9E85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E85A

16.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E85A	1.00	1.26	16.72	16.72
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 232, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.159 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef8f',
    500: '#f9e85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e85a;
$custom-light: #ffef8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.585,
    "s": 92.982,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91929,
    "c": 0.15939,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E85A

secondary

#2B3CCC

accent

#19E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E85A

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

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