#F9ED69#F9ED69

#F9ED69 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.817; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.152 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9ED69
RGB	rgb(249, 237, 105)
HSL	hsl(55, 92%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 57.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.46, -11.89, 63.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.46, 65.05, 100.53°)
OKLab	oklab(93.09% -0.0371 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(93.09% 0.152 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(71.9033, 81.7305, 25.3499)
Luminance	0.8173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9ED69 #6975F9

analogous

#F9A569 #F9ED69 #BDF969

triadic

#F9ED69 #69F9ED #ED69F9

tetradic

#F9ED69 #69F9A5 #6975F9 #F969BD

square

#F9ED69 #69F9A5 #6975F9 #F969BD

split-complementary

#F9ED69 #69BDF9 #A569F9

monochromatic

#DFCD09 #F7E62E #F9ED69 #FBF4A4 #FEFBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#F9ED69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.35

#F9ED69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9ED69

17.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9ED69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9ED69	1.00	1.21	17.35	17.35
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE65B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ed69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 237, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.152 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef298',
    500: '#f9ed69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ed69;
$custom-light: #fef298;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ed69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 92.308,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93086,
    "c": 0.15213,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.81728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9ED69

secondary

#3340D3

accent

#13E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9ED69

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

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