#F9D861#F9D861

#F9D861 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.141 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D861
RGB	rgb(249, 216, 97)
HSL	hsl(47, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 61%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.05, -1.92, 61.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.05, 61.47, 91.79°)
OKLab	oklab(88.78% -0.0094 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(88.78% 0.141 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.7834, 70.1179, 21.3760)
Luminance	0.7012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D861 #6182F9

analogous

#F98C61 #F9D861 #CEF961

triadic

#F9D861 #61F9D8 #D861F9

tetradic

#F9D861 #61F98C #6182F9 #F961CE

square

#F9D861 #61F98C #6182F9 #F961CE

split-complementary

#F9D861 #61CEF9 #8C61F9

monochromatic

#D7AA08 #F7C926 #F9D861 #FBE79C #FDF5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#F9D861 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.02

#F9D861 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D861

15.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D861	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D861	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)

#ECD454

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d861;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 216, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.141 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe392',
    500: '#f9d861',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d861;
$custom-light: #ffe392;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d861",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.974,
    "s": 92.683,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88782,
    "c": 0.14148,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D861

secondary

#2D50D2

accent

#32E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D861

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

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