#F9F265#F9F265

#F9F265 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.846; OKLCH L 94.1% C 0.160 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F265
RGB	rgb(249, 242, 101)
HSL	hsl(57, 93%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 59.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.70, -14.61, 67.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.70, 68.61, 102.30°)
OKLab	oklab(94.07% -0.0453 0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(94.07% 0.16 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(73.1704, 84.5859, 24.7818)
Luminance	0.8458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F265 #656CF9

analogous

#F9A865 #F9F265 #B6F965

triadic

#F9F265 #65F9F2 #F265F9

tetradic

#F9F265 #65F9A8 #656CF9 #F965B6

square

#F9F265 #65F9A8 #656CF9 #F965B6

split-complementary

#F9F265 #65B6F9 #A865F9

monochromatic

#DBD109 #F7ED2A #F9F265 #FBF7A0 #FEFCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#F9F265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.92

#F9F265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F265

17.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F265	1.00	1.17	17.92	17.92
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEA55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF06D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 242, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.1% 0.160 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef696',
    500: '#f9f265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f265;
$custom-light: #fef696;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.162,
    "s": 92.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94068,
    "c": 0.16013,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.84584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F265

secondary

#3037D3

accent

#0BE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F265

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

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