#F9D565#F9D565

#F9D565 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.136 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D565
RGB	rgb(249, 213, 101)
HSL	hsl(45, 93%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(45, 59%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 59.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.34, -0.13, 58.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.34, 58.86, 90.12°)
OKLab	oklab(88.23% -0.0038 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(88.23% 0.136 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.2131, 68.6712, 22.1293)
Luminance	0.6867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D565 #6589F9

analogous

#F98B65 #F9D565 #D3F965

triadic

#F9D565 #65F9D5 #D565F9

tetradic

#F9D565 #65F98B #6589F9 #F965D3

square

#F9D565 #65F98B #6589F9 #F965D3

split-complementary

#F9D565 #65D3F9 #8B65F9

monochromatic

#DBA809 #F7C52A #F9D565 #FBE5A0 #FEF5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#F9D565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.73

#F9D565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D565

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D565	1.00	1.43	14.73	14.73
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D25A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 213, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.136 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee194',
    500: '#f9d565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d565;
$custom-light: #fee194;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.405,
    "s": 92.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8823,
    "c": 0.13621,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D565

secondary

#3057D3

accent

#38E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D565

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

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