#F9D463#F9D463

#F9D463 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.137 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D463
RGB	rgb(249, 212, 99)
HSL	hsl(45, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 60.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.07, 0.25, 59.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.07, 59.46, 89.76°)
OKLab	oklab(88.01% -0.0029 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(88.01% 0.137 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.8655, 68.1310, 21.5359)
Luminance	0.6813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D463 #6388F9

analogous

#F98963 #F9D463 #D3F963

triadic

#F9D463 #63F9D4 #D463F9

tetradic

#F9D463 #63F989 #6388F9 #F963D3

square

#F9D463 #63F989 #6388F9 #F963D3

split-complementary

#F9D463 #63D3F9 #8963F9

monochromatic

#D9A608 #F7C428 #F9D463 #FBE49E #FEF4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#F9D463 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.63

#F9D463 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D463

14.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D463	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D463	1.00	1.44	14.63	14.63
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D157

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d463;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 212, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.137 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe093',
    500: '#f9d463',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d463;
$custom-light: #ffe093;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d463",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.2,
    "s": 92.593,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88012,
    "c": 0.13722,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D463

secondary

#2E56D2

accent

#39E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D463

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

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