#F9E967#F9E967

#F9E967 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.794; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.150 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E967
RGB	rgb(249, 233, 103)
HSL	hsl(53, 92%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 58.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.41, -10.05, 63.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.41, 64.45, 98.97°)
OKLab	oklab(92.25% -0.0321 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(92.25% 0.15 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(70.6566, 79.3995, 24.4331)
Luminance	0.7940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E967 #6777F9

analogous

#F9A067 #F9E967 #C0F967

triadic

#F9E967 #67F9E9 #E967F9

tetradic

#F9E967 #67F9A0 #6777F9 #F967C0

square

#F9E967 #67F9A0 #6777F9 #F967C0

split-complementary

#F9E967 #67C0F9 #A067F9

monochromatic

#DDC609 #F7E02C #F9E967 #FBF2A2 #FEFADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F9E967 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.88

#F9E967 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E967

16.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E967	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E967	1.00	1.24	16.88	16.88
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE259

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e967;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 233, 103);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.150 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feef97',
    500: '#f9e967',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e967;
$custom-light: #feef97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e967",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 103
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.425,
    "s": 92.405,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92253,
    "c": 0.15014,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.79397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E967

secondary

#3143D3

accent

#19E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E967

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

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