#F9D45F#F9D45F
#F9D45F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.140 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #F9D45F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(249, 212, 95) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 93%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 62%, 98%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 61.8%, 2.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(86.03, -0.01, 61.19) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(86.03, 61.19, 90.01°) |
| OKLab | oklab(87.97% -0.0041 0.1404) |
| OKLCH | oklch(87.97% 0.14 91.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(64.6790, 68.0564, 20.5537) |
| Luminance | 0.6805 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 0.82
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 1.34
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 2.42
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 2.62
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 3.77
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 3.84
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#F9D45F #5F84F9
analogous
#F9875F #F9D45F #D1F95F
triadic
#F9D45F #5FF9D4 #D45FF9
tetradic
#F9D45F #5FF987 #5F84F9 #F95FD1
square
#F9D45F #5FF987 #5F84F9 #F95FD1
split-complementary
#F9D45F #5FD1F9 #875FF9
monochromatic
#D6A408 #F7C424 #F9D45F #FBE49A #FDF4D5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.44
#F9D45F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.61
#F9D45F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #F9D45F
14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##F9D45F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##F9D45F | 1.00 | 1.44 | 14.61 | 14.61 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.44 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.61 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.61 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E9D152
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F2DC64
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFC5BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D7D7D7
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #f9d45f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 212, 95); /* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.140 91.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ffe091',
500: '#f9d45f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #f9d45f; $custom-light: #ffe091; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#f9d45f",
"rgb": {
"r": 249,
"g": 212,
"b": 95
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.584,
"s": 92.771,
"l": 67.451
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8797,
"c": 0.14043,
"h": 91.7
},
"luminance": 0.68053
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#F9D45F
secondary
#2C54D0
accent
#37E600
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#18150D
muted
#86847F