#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
RGBrgb(249, 212, 78)
HSLhsl(47, 93%, 64%)
HSVhsv(47, 69%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 14.9%, 68.7%, 2.4%)
CIE-LABlab(85.90, -0.99, 68.16)
CIE-LCHlch(85.90, 68.17, 90.83°)
OKLaboklab(87.82% -0.0089 0.1526)
OKLCHoklch(87.82% 0.153 93.3)
XYZxyz(63.9888, 67.7803, 16.9187)
Luminance0.6778 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##F9D44E1.001.4414.5614.56
#FFFFFF1.441.0021.0021.00
#00000014.5621.001.001.00
##00000014.5621.001.001.00

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

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#F9D44E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva