#F9D858#F9D858

#F9D858 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.148 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D858
RGB	rgb(249, 216, 88)
HSL	hsl(48, 93%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 64.7%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.98, -2.48, 65.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.98, 65.27, 92.17°)
OKLab	oklab(88.7% -0.012 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(88.7% 0.148 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.3873, 69.9594, 19.2900)
Luminance	0.6996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D858 #5879F9

analogous

#F98758 #F9D858 #C9F958

triadic

#F9D858 #58F9D8 #D858F9

tetradic

#F9D858 #58F987 #5879F9 #F958C9

square

#F9D858 #58F987 #5879F9 #F958C9

split-complementary

#F9D858 #58C9F9 #8758F9

monochromatic

#CFA607 #F7CA1D #F9D858 #FBE693 #FDF4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#F9D858 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.99

#F9D858 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D858

14.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D858	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D858	1.00	1.40	14.99	14.99
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d858;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 216, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.148 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe38d',
    500: '#f9d858',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d858;
$custom-light: #ffe38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d858",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.702,
    "s": 93.064,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88696,
    "c": 0.14842,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D858

secondary

#2B4BCA

accent

#2FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D858

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

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