#F9D84E#F9D84E

#F9D84E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.155 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D84E
RGB	rgb(249, 216, 78)
HSL	hsl(48, 93%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 68.7%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.90, -3.02, 69.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.90, 69.25, 92.50°)
OKLab	oklab(88.61% -0.0147 0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(88.61% 0.155 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.0012, 69.8050, 17.2562)
Luminance	0.6980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D84E #4E6FF9

analogous

#F9834E #F9D84E #C5F94E

triadic

#F9D84E #4EF9D8 #D84EF9

tetradic

#F9D84E #4EF983 #4E6FF9 #F94EC5

square

#F9D84E #4EF983 #4E6FF9 #F94EC5

split-complementary

#F9D84E #4EC5F9 #834EF9

monochromatic

#C6A107 #F7CB13 #F9D84E #FBE589 #FDF2C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#F9D84E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.96

#F9D84E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D84E

14.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D84E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D84E	1.00	1.40	14.96	14.96
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED43B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DE56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d84e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 216, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.155 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe387',
    500: '#f9d84e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d84e;
$custom-light: #ffe387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d84e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.421,
    "s": 93.443,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88611,
    "c": 0.15543,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D84E

secondary

#2946C3

accent

#2CE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D84E

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

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