#F9EA5A#F9EA5A

#F9EA5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.161 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EA5A
RGB	rgb(249, 234, 90)
HSL	hsl(54, 93%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(54, 64%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 63.9%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.56, -11.37, 69.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.56, 70.18, 99.32°)
OKLab	oklab(92.34% -0.0372 0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(92.34% 0.161 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(70.3379, 79.7263, 21.3545)
Luminance	0.7972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EA5A #5A69F9

analogous

#F99B5A #F9EA5A #B8F95A

triadic

#F9EA5A #5AF9EA #EA5AF9

tetradic

#F9EA5A #5AF99B #5A69F9 #F95AB8

square

#F9EA5A #5AF99B #5A69F9 #F95AB8

split-complementary

#F9EA5A #5AB8F9 #9B5AF9

monochromatic

#D1BE08 #F7E21F #F9EA5A #FBF295 #FDF9D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F9EA5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.94

#F9EA5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EA5A

16.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EA5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EA5A	1.00	1.24	16.94	16.94
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ea5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 234, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.161 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff08f',
    500: '#f9ea5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ea5a;
$custom-light: #fff08f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ea5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.34,
    "s": 92.982,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92336,
    "c": 0.16113,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.79724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EA5A

secondary

#2B3ACC

accent

#16E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EA5A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →