#F9E868#F9E868

#F9E868 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.148 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E868
RGB	rgb(249, 232, 104)
HSL	hsl(53, 92%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 58.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.17, -9.49, 62.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.17, 63.66, 98.57°)
OKLab	oklab(92.06% -0.0303 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(92.06% 0.148 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(70.4248, 78.8551, 24.6050)
Luminance	0.7885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E868 #6879F9

analogous

#F9A068 #F9E868 #C1F968

triadic

#F9E868 #68F9E8 #E868F9

tetradic

#F9E868 #68F9A0 #6879F9 #F968C1

square

#F9E868 #68F9A0 #6879F9 #F968C1

split-complementary

#F9E868 #68C1F9 #A068F9

monochromatic

#DEC509 #F7DF2D #F9E868 #FBF1A3 #FEFADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#F9E868 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.77

#F9E868 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E868

16.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E868	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E868	1.00	1.25	16.77	16.77
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE15A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE96F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e868;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 232, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.148 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feef97',
    500: '#f9e868',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e868;
$custom-light: #feef97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e868",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.966,
    "s": 92.357,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92061,
    "c": 0.14841,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.78852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E868

secondary

#3245D3

accent

#1BE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E868

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

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