#F9D256#F9D256

#F9D256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.146 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D256
RGB	rgb(249, 210, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 93%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 65.5%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.46, 0.46, 64.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.46, 64.44, 89.59°)
OKLab	oklab(87.49% -0.0038 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(87.49% 0.146 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.7965, 66.9084, 18.3566)
Luminance	0.6691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D256 #567DF9

analogous

#F98056 #F9D256 #CFF956

triadic

#F9D256 #56F9D2 #D256F9

tetradic

#F9D256 #56F980 #567DF9 #F956CF

square

#F9D256 #56F980 #567DF9 #F956CF

split-complementary

#F9D256 #56CFF9 #8056F9

monochromatic

#CD9E07 #F7C21B #F9D256 #FBE291 #FDF1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#F9D256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.38

#F9D256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D256

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D256	1.00	1.46	14.38	14.38
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 210, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.146 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdf8b',
    500: '#f9d256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d256;
$custom-light: #ffdf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.644,
    "s": 93.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8749,
    "c": 0.14603,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D256

secondary

#2A50C9

accent

#37E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D256

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

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