#F9D156#F9D156

#F9D156 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.145 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D156
RGB	rgb(249, 209, 86)
HSL	hsl(45, 93%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 65.5%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.21, 0.97, 64.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.21, 64.18, 89.13°)
OKLab	oklab(87.29% -0.0024 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(87.29% 0.145 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.5503, 66.4162, 18.2746)
Luminance	0.6641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D156 #567EF9

analogous

#F97F56 #F9D156 #CFF956

triadic

#F9D156 #56F9D1 #D156F9

tetradic

#F9D156 #56F97F #567EF9 #F956CF

square

#F9D156 #56F97F #567EF9 #F956CF

split-complementary

#F9D156 #56CFF9 #7F56F9

monochromatic

#CD9D07 #F7C11B #F9D156 #FBE191 #FDF1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#F9D156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.28

#F9D156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D156

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D156	1.00	1.47	14.28	14.28
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 209, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.145 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffde8b',
    500: '#f9d156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d156;
$custom-light: #ffde8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.276,
    "s": 93.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87293,
    "c": 0.14544,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D156

secondary

#2A51C9

accent

#38E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D156

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

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