#F9D44E#F9D44E

#F9D44E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.153 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D44E
RGB	rgb(249, 212, 78)
HSL	hsl(47, 93%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 68.7%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.90, -0.99, 68.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.90, 68.17, 90.83°)
OKLab	oklab(87.82% -0.0089 0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(87.82% 0.153 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.9888, 67.7803, 16.9187)
Luminance	0.6778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D44E #4E73F9

analogous

#F97F4E #F9D44E #C8F94E

triadic

#F9D44E #4EF9D4 #D44EF9

tetradic

#F9D44E #4EF97F #4E73F9 #F94EC8

square

#F9D44E #4EF97F #4E73F9 #F94EC8

split-complementary

#F9D44E #4EC8F9 #7F4EF9

monochromatic

#C69D07 #F7C613 #F9D44E #FBE289 #FDF1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#F9D44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.56

#F9D44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D44E

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D44E	1.00	1.44	14.56	14.56
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD03C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DB55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 212, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.153 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe086',
    500: '#f9d44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d44e;
$custom-light: #ffe086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.018,
    "s": 93.443,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87817,
    "c": 0.15283,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D44E

secondary

#294AC3

accent

#32E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D44E

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

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