#F9D65F#F9D65F

#F9D65F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.142 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D65F
RGB	rgb(249, 214, 95)
HSL	hsl(46, 93%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 61.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.53, -1.03, 61.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.53, 61.75, 90.96°)
OKLab	oklab(88.37% -0.0071 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(88.37% 0.142 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.1821, 69.0625, 20.7213)
Luminance	0.6906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D65F #5F82F9

analogous

#F9895F #F9D65F #CFF95F

triadic

#F9D65F #5FF9D6 #D65FF9

tetradic

#F9D65F #5FF989 #5F82F9 #F95FCF

square

#F9D65F #5FF989 #5F82F9 #F95FCF

split-complementary

#F9D65F #5FCFF9 #895FF9

monochromatic

#D6A708 #F7C724 #F9D65F #FBE59A #FDF4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#F9D65F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.81

#F9D65F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D65F

14.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D65F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D65F	1.00	1.42	14.81	14.81
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d65f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 214, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.142 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe291',
    500: '#f9d65f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d65f;
$custom-light: #ffe291;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d65f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 92.771,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88366,
    "c": 0.14173,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D65F

secondary

#2C51D0

accent

#34E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D65F

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

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