#F9D865#F9D865

#F9D865 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.138 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D865
RGB	rgb(249, 216, 101)
HSL	hsl(47, 93%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 59.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.09, -1.66, 59.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.09, 59.73, 91.59°)
OKLab	oklab(88.82% -0.0082 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(88.82% 0.138 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.9746, 70.1944, 22.3832)
Luminance	0.7019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D865 #6586F9

analogous

#F98E65 #F9D865 #D0F965

triadic

#F9D865 #65F9D8 #D865F9

tetradic

#F9D865 #65F98E #6586F9 #F965D0

square

#F9D865 #65F98E #6586F9 #F965D0

split-complementary

#F9D865 #65D0F9 #8E65F9

monochromatic

#DBAC09 #F7C92A #F9D865 #FBE7A0 #FEF6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#F9D865 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.04

#F9D865 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D865

15.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D865	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D865	1.00	1.40	15.04	15.04
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d865;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 216, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.138 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee395',
    500: '#f9d865',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d865;
$custom-light: #fee395;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d865",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.622,
    "s": 92.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88824,
    "c": 0.13821,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D865

secondary

#3054D3

accent

#33E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D865

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

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