#F9D65D#F9D65D

#F9D65D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.143 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D65D
RGB	rgb(249, 214, 93)
HSL	hsl(47, 93%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 62.7%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.52, -1.16, 62.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.52, 62.61, 91.06°)
OKLab	oklab(88.35% -0.0077 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(88.35% 0.143 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.0923, 69.0266, 20.2487)
Luminance	0.6902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D65D #5D80F9

analogous

#F9885D #F9D65D #CEF95D

triadic

#F9D65D #5DF9D6 #D65DF9

tetradic

#F9D65D #5DF988 #5D80F9 #F95DCE

square

#F9D65D #5DF988 #5D80F9 #F95DCE

split-complementary

#F9D65D #5DCEF9 #885DF9

monochromatic

#D4A608 #F7C722 #F9D65D #FBE598 #FDF4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#F9D65D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.80

#F9D65D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D65D

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D65D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D65D	1.00	1.42	14.80	14.80
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD34F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d65d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 214, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.143 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe28f',
    500: '#f9d65d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d65d;
$custom-light: #ffe28f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d65d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.538,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88346,
    "c": 0.1433,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D65D

secondary

#2C50CE

accent

#33E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D65D

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

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