#F9D55B#F9D55B

#F9D55B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.144 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D55B
RGB	rgb(249, 213, 91)
HSL	hsl(46, 93%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 63.5%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.25, -0.77, 63.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.25, 63.17, 90.70°)
OKLab	oklab(88.13% -0.0068 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(88.13% 0.144 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.7526, 68.4870, 19.7041)
Luminance	0.6848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D55B #5B7FF9

analogous

#F9865B #F9D55B #CEF95B

triadic

#F9D55B #5BF9D5 #D55BF9

tetradic

#F9D55B #5BF986 #5B7FF9 #F95BCE

square

#F9D55B #5BF986 #5B7FF9 #F95BCE

split-complementary

#F9D55B #5BCEF9 #865BF9

monochromatic

#D2A408 #F7C620 #F9D55B #FBE496 #FDF3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#F9D55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.70

#F9D55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D55B

14.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D55B	1.00	1.43	14.70	14.70
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 213, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.144 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe18e',
    500: '#f9d55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d55b;
$custom-light: #ffe18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.329,
    "s": 92.941,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88129,
    "c": 0.14418,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D55B

secondary

#2B50CD

accent

#34E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D55B

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

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