#F9D460#F9D460

#F9D460 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.140 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D460
RGB	rgb(249, 212, 96)
HSL	hsl(45, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 61.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.04, 0.05, 60.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.04, 60.76, 89.95°)
OKLab	oklab(87.98% -0.0038 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(87.98% 0.14 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.7248, 68.0747, 20.7946)
Luminance	0.6807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D460 #6085F9

analogous

#F98760 #F9D460 #D2F960

triadic

#F9D460 #60F9D4 #D460F9

tetradic

#F9D460 #60F987 #6085F9 #F960D2

square

#F9D460 #60F987 #6085F9 #F960D2

split-complementary

#F9D460 #60D2F9 #8760F9

monochromatic

#D7A508 #F7C425 #F9D460 #FBE49B #FDF4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#F9D460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.61

#F9D460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D460

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D460	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)

#E9D154

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 212, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.140 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe091',
    500: '#f9d460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d460;
$custom-light: #ffe091;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.49,
    "s": 92.727,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87981,
    "c": 0.13964,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D460

secondary

#2C54D1

accent

#38E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D460

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

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