#F9E864#F9E864

#F9E864 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.788; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.152 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E864
RGB	rgb(249, 232, 100)
HSL	hsl(53, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 59.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.13, -9.76, 64.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.13, 65.37, 98.59°)
OKLab	oklab(92.02% -0.0315 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(92.02% 0.152 102)
XYZ	xyz(70.2264, 78.7758, 23.5602)
Luminance	0.7877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E864 #6475F9

analogous

#F99D64 #F9E864 #C0F964

triadic

#F9E864 #64F9E8 #E864F9

tetradic

#F9E864 #64F99D #6475F9 #F964C0

square

#F9E864 #64F99D #6475F9 #F964C0

split-complementary

#F9E864 #64C0F9 #9D64F9

monochromatic

#DAC208 #F7DF29 #F9E864 #FBF19F #FEF9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#F9E864 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.75

#F9E864 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E864

16.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E864	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E864	1.00	1.25	16.75	16.75
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE96B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e864;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 232, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.152 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feef95',
    500: '#f9e864',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e864;
$custom-light: #feef95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e864",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.154,
    "s": 92.547,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92021,
    "c": 0.1517,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.78773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E864

secondary

#2F41D2

accent

#1AE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E864

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

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