#F9D862#F9D862

#F9D862 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.141 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D862
RGB	rgb(249, 216, 98)
HSL	hsl(47, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 60.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.06, -1.86, 61.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.06, 61.04, 91.74°)
OKLab	oklab(88.79% -0.0091 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(88.79% 0.141 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.8303, 70.1366, 21.6232)
Luminance	0.7013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D862 #6283F9

analogous

#F98C62 #F9D862 #CFF962

triadic

#F9D862 #62F9D8 #D862F9

tetradic

#F9D862 #62F98C #6283F9 #F962CF

square

#F9D862 #62F98C #6283F9 #F962CF

split-complementary

#F9D862 #62CFF9 #8C62F9

monochromatic

#D8AB08 #F7C927 #F9D862 #FBE79D #FEF5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#F9D862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.03

#F9D862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D862

15.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D862	1.00	1.40	15.03	15.03
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 216, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.141 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe393',
    500: '#f9d862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d862;
$custom-light: #ffe393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.887,
    "s": 92.638,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88792,
    "c": 0.14067,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.70133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D862

secondary

#2D51D2

accent

#32E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D862

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

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