#F9D251#F9D251

#F9D251 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.150 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D251
RGB	rgb(249, 210, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 93%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 67.5%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.42, 0.19, 66.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.42, 66.47, 89.84°)
OKLab	oklab(87.45% -0.0052 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(87.45% 0.15 92)
XYZ	xyz(63.6020, 66.8306, 17.3326)
Luminance	0.6683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D251 #5178F9

analogous

#F97E51 #F9D251 #CCF951

triadic

#F9D251 #51F9D2 #D251F9

tetradic

#F9D251 #51F97E #5178F9 #F951CC

square

#F9D251 #51F97E #5178F9 #F951CC

split-complementary

#F9D251 #51CCF9 #7E51F9

monochromatic

#C99C07 #F7C316 #F9D251 #FBE18C #FDF1C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#F9D251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.37

#F9D251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D251

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D251	1.00	1.46	14.37	14.37
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 210, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.150 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdf88',
    500: '#f9d251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d251;
$custom-light: #ffdf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.071,
    "s": 93.333,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87447,
    "c": 0.14957,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.66827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D251

secondary

#294DC5

accent

#35E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D251

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

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