#F9D661#F9D661

#F9D661 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.140 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D661
RGB	rgb(249, 214, 97)
HSL	hsl(46, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 61%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.55, -0.91, 60.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.55, 60.89, 90.85°)
OKLab	oklab(88.39% -0.0065 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(88.39% 0.14 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.2741, 69.0993, 21.2063)
Luminance	0.6910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D661 #6184F9

analogous

#F98A61 #F9D661 #D0F961

triadic

#F9D661 #61F9D6 #D661F9

tetradic

#F9D661 #61F98A #6184F9 #F961D0

square

#F9D661 #61F98A #6184F9 #F961D0

split-complementary

#F9D661 #61D0F9 #8A61F9

monochromatic

#D7A808 #F7C726 #F9D661 #FBE59C #FDF5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#F9D661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.82

#F9D661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D661

14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D661	1.00	1.42	14.82	14.82
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DD66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 214, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.140 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe292',
    500: '#f9d661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d661;
$custom-light: #ffe292;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.184,
    "s": 92.683,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88386,
    "c": 0.14013,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D661

secondary

#2D53D2

accent

#35E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D661

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

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