#F9EE59#F9EE59

#F9EE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.820; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.165 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#F9EE59
RGBrgb(249, 238, 89)
HSLhsl(56, 93%, 66%)
HSVhsv(56, 64%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4.4%, 64.3%, 2.4%)
CIE-LABlab(92.58, -13.39, 70.72)
CIE-LCHlch(92.58, 71.97, 100.73°)
OKLaboklab(93.14% -0.0431 0.1597)
OKLCHoklch(93.14% 0.165 105.1)
XYZxyz(71.4473, 82.0126, 21.5158)
Luminance0.8201 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#F9EE59 #5964F9
analogous
#F99E59 #F9EE59 #B4F959
triadic
#F9EE59 #59F9EE #EE59F9
tetradic
#F9EE59 #59F99E #5964F9 #F959B4
square
#F9EE59 #59F99E #5964F9 #F959B4
split-complementary
#F9EE59 #59B4F9 #9E59F9
monochromatic
#D0C208 #F7E81E #F9EE59 #FBF494 #FDFACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21
#F9EE59 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.40
#F9EE59 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EE59
17.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##F9EE59#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##F9EE591.001.2117.4017.40
#FFFFFF1.211.0021.0021.00
#00000017.4021.001.001.00
##00000017.4021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#FFE645
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FFED62
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFDFCF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #f9ee59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 238, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.165 105.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff38f',
    500: '#f9ee59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #f9ee59;
$custom-light: #fff38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#f9ee59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.875,
    "s": 93.023,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93143,
    "c": 0.16542,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.8201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#F9EE59
secondary
#2B36CB
accent
#10E600
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFEF4
border
#D7D6CE
text
#18160D
muted
#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EE59

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#F9EE59 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva