#F9D866#F9D866

#F9D866 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.137 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D866
RGB	rgb(249, 216, 102)
HSL	hsl(47, 92%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 59%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.10, -1.59, 59.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.10, 59.29, 91.53°)
OKLab	oklab(88.83% -0.0079 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(88.83% 0.137 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.0239, 70.2141, 22.6428)
Luminance	0.7021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D866 #6687F9

analogous

#F98F66 #F9D866 #D0F966

triadic

#F9D866 #66F9D8 #D866F9

tetradic

#F9D866 #66F98F #6687F9 #F966D0

square

#F9D866 #66F98F #6687F9 #F966D0

split-complementary

#F9D866 #66D0F9 #8F66F9

monochromatic

#DCAD09 #F7C92B #F9D866 #FBE7A1 #FEF6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#F9D866 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.04

#F9D866 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D866

15.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D866	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D866	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)

#ECD45A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d866;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 216, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.137 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee395',
    500: '#f9d866',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d866;
$custom-light: #fee395;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d866",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.531,
    "s": 92.453,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88834,
    "c": 0.13739,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.70211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D866

secondary

#3055D3

accent

#34E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D866

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

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