#F9D860#F9D860

#F9D860 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.142 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D860
RGB	rgb(249, 216, 96)
HSL	hsl(47, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 61.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.05, -1.99, 61.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.05, 61.90, 91.84°)
OKLab	oklab(88.77% -0.0097 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(88.77% 0.142 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.7371, 70.0993, 21.1320)
Luminance	0.7010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D860 #6081F9

analogous

#F98C60 #F9D860 #CDF960

triadic

#F9D860 #60F9D8 #D860F9

tetradic

#F9D860 #60F98C #6081F9 #F960CD

square

#F9D860 #60F98C #6081F9 #F960CD

split-complementary

#F9D860 #60CDF9 #8C60F9

monochromatic

#D7AA08 #F7CA25 #F9D860 #FBE69B #FDF5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#F9D860 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.02

#F9D860 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D860

15.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D860	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D860	1.00	1.40	15.02	15.02
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD453

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d860;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 216, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.142 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe391',
    500: '#f9d860',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d860;
$custom-light: #ffe391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d860",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.059,
    "s": 92.727,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88772,
    "c": 0.14228,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.70096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D860

secondary

#2C50D1

accent

#31E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D860

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

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