#F9E968#F9E968

#F9E968 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.794; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.149 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E968
RGB	rgb(249, 233, 104)
HSL	hsl(53, 92%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 58.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.42, -9.99, 63.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.42, 64.02, 98.97°)
OKLab	oklab(92.26% -0.0318 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(92.26% 0.149 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(70.7071, 79.4197, 24.6990)
Luminance	0.7942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E968 #6878F9

analogous

#F9A168 #F9E968 #C1F968

triadic

#F9E968 #68F9E9 #E968F9

tetradic

#F9E968 #68F9A1 #6878F9 #F968C1

square

#F9E968 #68F9A1 #6878F9 #F968C1

split-complementary

#F9E968 #68C1F9 #A168F9

monochromatic

#DEC609 #F7E02D #F9E968 #FBF2A3 #FEFADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F9E968 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.88

#F9E968 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E968

16.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E968	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E968	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)

#FCE25A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e968;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 233, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.149 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feef97',
    500: '#f9e968',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e968;
$custom-light: #feef97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e968",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.379,
    "s": 92.357,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92264,
    "c": 0.14931,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.79417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E968

secondary

#3244D3

accent

#19E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E968

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

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