#F9D54E#F9D54E

#F9D54E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.153 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D54E
RGB	rgb(249, 213, 78)
HSL	hsl(47, 93%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 68.7%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.15, -1.50, 68.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.15, 68.43, 91.25°)
OKLab	oklab(88.02% -0.0104 0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(88.02% 0.153 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.2396, 68.2818, 17.0023)
Luminance	0.6828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D54E #4E72F9

analogous

#F97F4E #F9D54E #C8F94E

triadic

#F9D54E #4EF9D5 #D54EF9

tetradic

#F9D54E #4EF97F #4E72F9 #F94EC8

square

#F9D54E #4EF97F #4E72F9 #F94EC8

split-complementary

#F9D54E #4EC8F9 #7F4EF9

monochromatic

#C69E07 #F7C713 #F9D54E #FBE389 #FDF1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#F9D54E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.66

#F9D54E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D54E

14.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D54E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D54E	1.00	1.43	14.66	14.66
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD13B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DC55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d54e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 213, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.153 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe187',
    500: '#f9d54e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d54e;
$custom-light: #ffe187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d54e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 93.443,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88015,
    "c": 0.15346,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D54E

secondary

#2949C3

accent

#30E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D54E

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

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