#F9D85D#F9D85D

#F9D85D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.145 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D85D
RGB	rgb(249, 216, 93)
HSL	hsl(47, 93%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 62.7%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.02, -2.18, 63.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.02, 63.18, 91.97°)
OKLab	oklab(88.74% -0.0106 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(88.74% 0.145 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(65.6016, 70.0451, 20.4184)
Luminance	0.7004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D85D #5D7EF9

analogous

#F98A5D #F9D85D #CCF95D

triadic

#F9D85D #5DF9D8 #D85DF9

tetradic

#F9D85D #5DF98A #5D7EF9 #F95DCC

square

#F9D85D #5DF98A #5D7EF9 #F95DCC

split-complementary

#F9D85D #5DCCF9 #8A5DF9

monochromatic

#D4A908 #F7CA22 #F9D85D #FBE698 #FDF4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#F9D85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.01

#F9D85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D85D

15.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D85D	1.00	1.40	15.01	15.01
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD44F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 216, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.145 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe390',
    500: '#f9d85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d85d;
$custom-light: #ffe390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.308,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88742,
    "c": 0.14464,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D85D

secondary

#2C4ECE

accent

#31E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D85D

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

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