#F9E95A#F9E95A

#F9E95A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.792; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.160 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E95A
RGB	rgb(249, 233, 90)
HSL	hsl(54, 93%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(54, 64%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 63.9%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.31, -10.88, 68.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.31, 69.83, 98.96°)
OKLab	oklab(92.13% -0.0358 0.1562)
OKLCH	oklch(92.13% 0.16 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(70.0541, 79.1585, 21.2599)
Luminance	0.7916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E95A #5A6AF9

analogous

#F99A5A #F9E95A #BAF95A

triadic

#F9E95A #5AF9E9 #E95AF9

tetradic

#F9E95A #5AF99A #5A6AF9 #F95ABA

square

#F9E95A #5AF99A #5A6AF9 #F95ABA

split-complementary

#F9E95A #5ABAF9 #9A5AF9

monochromatic

#D1BD08 #F7E11F #F9E95A #FBF195 #FDF9D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#F9E95A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.83

#F9E95A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E95A

16.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E95A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E95A	1.00	1.25	16.83	16.83
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e95a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 233, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.160 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef8f',
    500: '#f9e95a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e95a;
$custom-light: #ffef8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e95a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.962,
    "s": 92.982,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92132,
    "c": 0.16025,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.79156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E95A

secondary

#2B3BCC

accent

#17E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E95A

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

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