#F9D85C#F9D85C

#F9D85C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.145 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D85C
RGB	rgb(249, 216, 92)
HSL	hsl(47, 93%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 63.1%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.01, -2.24, 63.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.01, 63.60, 92.02°)
OKLab	oklab(88.73% -0.0109 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(88.73% 0.145 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.5576, 70.0275, 20.1867)
Luminance	0.7002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D85C #5C7DF9

analogous

#F98A5C #F9D85C #CBF95C

triadic

#F9D85C #5CF9D8 #D85CF9

tetradic

#F9D85C #5CF98A #5C7DF9 #F95CCB

square

#F9D85C #5CF98A #5C7DF9 #F95CCB

split-complementary

#F9D85C #5CCBF9 #8A5CF9

monochromatic

#D3A808 #F7CA21 #F9D85C #FBE697 #FDF4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#F9D85C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.00

#F9D85C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D85C

15.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D85C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D85C	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)

#EDD44E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d85c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 216, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.145 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe38f',
    500: '#f9d85c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d85c;
$custom-light: #ffe38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d85c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.389,
    "s": 92.899,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88733,
    "c": 0.14541,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.70024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D85C

secondary

#2C4ECE

accent

#30E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D85C

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

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