#F9D461#F9D461

#F9D461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.139 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D461
RGB	rgb(249, 212, 97)
HSL	hsl(45, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 61%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.05, 0.11, 60.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.05, 60.33, 89.89°)
OKLab	oklab(87.99% -0.0035 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(87.99% 0.139 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.7711, 68.0932, 21.0386)
Luminance	0.6809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D461 #6186F9

analogous

#F98861 #F9D461 #D2F961

triadic

#F9D461 #61F9D4 #D461F9

tetradic

#F9D461 #61F988 #6186F9 #F961D2

square

#F9D461 #61F988 #6186F9 #F961D2

split-complementary

#F9D461 #61D2F9 #8861F9

monochromatic

#D7A508 #F7C426 #F9D461 #FBE49C #FDF4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#F9D461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.62

#F9D461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D461

14.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D461	1.00	1.44	14.62	14.62
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 212, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.139 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe092',
    500: '#f9d461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d461;
$custom-light: #ffe092;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.395,
    "s": 92.683,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87991,
    "c": 0.13884,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D461

secondary

#2D55D2

accent

#38E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D461

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

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