#F9D864#F9D864

#F9D864 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.139 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D864
RGB	rgb(249, 216, 100)
HSL	hsl(47, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 59.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.08, -1.72, 60.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.08, 60.17, 91.64°)
OKLab	oklab(88.81% -0.0085 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(88.81% 0.139 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.9259, 70.1749, 22.1267)
Luminance	0.7017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D864 #6485F9

analogous

#F98D64 #F9D864 #D0F964

triadic

#F9D864 #64F9D8 #D864F9

tetradic

#F9D864 #64F98D #6485F9 #F964D0

square

#F9D864 #64F98D #6485F9 #F964D0

split-complementary

#F9D864 #64D0F9 #8D64F9

monochromatic

#DAAC08 #F7C929 #F9D864 #FBE79F #FEF6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#F9D864 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.03

#F9D864 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D864

15.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D864	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D864	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)

#ECD458

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d864;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 216, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.139 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee394',
    500: '#f9d864',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d864;
$custom-light: #fee394;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d864",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.711,
    "s": 92.547,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88813,
    "c": 0.13904,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.70172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D864

secondary

#2F53D2

accent

#33E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D864

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

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