#F9D85B#F9D85B

#F9D85B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.146 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D85B
RGB	rgb(249, 216, 91)
HSL	hsl(47, 93%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 63.5%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.00, -2.30, 63.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.00, 64.02, 92.06°)
OKLab	oklab(88.72% -0.0112 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(88.72% 0.146 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.5142, 70.0102, 19.9580)
Luminance	0.7001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D85B #5B7CF9

analogous

#F9895B #F9D85B #CBF95B

triadic

#F9D85B #5BF9D8 #D85BF9

tetradic

#F9D85B #5BF989 #5B7CF9 #F95BCB

square

#F9D85B #5BF989 #5B7CF9 #F95BCB

split-complementary

#F9D85B #5BCBF9 #895BF9

monochromatic

#D2A808 #F7CA20 #F9D85B #FBE696 #FDF4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#F9D85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.00

#F9D85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D85B

15.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D85B	1.00	1.40	15.00	15.00
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 216, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.146 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe38e',
    500: '#f9d85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d85b;
$custom-light: #ffe38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.468,
    "s": 92.941,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88723,
    "c": 0.14618,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D85B

secondary

#2B4DCD

accent

#30E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D85B

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

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