#F9D561#F9D561

#F9D561 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.139 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D561
RGB	rgb(249, 213, 97)
HSL	hsl(46, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 61%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.30, -0.40, 60.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.30, 60.61, 90.37°)
OKLab	oklab(88.19% -0.005 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(88.19% 0.139 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.0218, 68.5947, 21.1222)
Luminance	0.6859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D561 #6185F9

analogous

#F98961 #F9D561 #D1F961

triadic

#F9D561 #61F9D5 #D561F9

tetradic

#F9D561 #61F989 #6185F9 #F961D1

square

#F9D561 #61F989 #6185F9 #F961D1

split-complementary

#F9D561 #61D1F9 #8961F9

monochromatic

#D7A608 #F7C526 #F9D561 #FBE59C #FDF4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#F9D561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.72

#F9D561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D561

14.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D561	1.00	1.43	14.72	14.72
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD255

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 213, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.139 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe192',
    500: '#f9d561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d561;
$custom-light: #ffe192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.789,
    "s": 92.683,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88188,
    "c": 0.13948,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D561

secondary

#2D54D2

accent

#36E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D561

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

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