#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
RGB	rgb(249, 238, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 93%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 64.3%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.58, -13.39, 70.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.58, 71.97, 100.73°)
OKLab	oklab(93.14% -0.0431 0.1597)
OKLCH	oklch(93.14% 0.165 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(71.4473, 82.0126, 21.5158)
Luminance	0.8201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##F9EE59	1.00	1.21	17.40	17.40
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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