#F9D451#F9D451

#F9D451 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.151 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D451
RGB	rgb(249, 212, 81)
HSL	hsl(47, 93%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 67.5%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.92, -0.83, 66.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.92, 66.99, 90.71°)
OKLab	oklab(87.84% -0.0081 0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(87.84% 0.151 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.0989, 67.8243, 17.4982)
Luminance	0.6782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D451 #5176F9

analogous

#F98051 #F9D451 #CAF951

triadic

#F9D451 #51F9D4 #D451F9

tetradic

#F9D451 #51F980 #5176F9 #F951CA

square

#F9D451 #51F980 #5176F9 #F951CA

split-complementary

#F9D451 #51CAF9 #8051F9

monochromatic

#C99E07 #F7C516 #F9D451 #FBE38C #FDF1C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#F9D451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.56

#F9D451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D451

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D451	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)

#EAD140

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 212, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.151 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe088',
    500: '#f9d451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d451;
$custom-light: #ffe088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.786,
    "s": 93.333,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87842,
    "c": 0.1508,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D451

secondary

#294CC5

accent

#33E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D451

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

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