#F9D868#F9D868

#F9D868 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.136 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D868
RGB	rgb(249, 216, 104)
HSL	hsl(46, 92%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(46, 58%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 58.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.12, -1.45, 58.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.12, 58.41, 91.42°)
OKLab	oklab(88.86% -0.0072 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(88.86% 0.136 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(66.1243, 70.2542, 23.1715)
Luminance	0.7025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D868 #6889F9

analogous

#F99068 #F9D868 #D2F968

triadic

#F9D868 #68F9D8 #D868F9

tetradic

#F9D868 #68F990 #6889F9 #F968D2

square

#F9D868 #68F990 #6889F9 #F968D2

split-complementary

#F9D868 #68D2F9 #9068F9

monochromatic

#DEAD09 #F7C92D #F9D868 #FBE7A3 #FEF6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#F9D868 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.05

#F9D868 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D868

15.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D868	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D868	1.00	1.40	15.05	15.05
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD55D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d868;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 216, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.136 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee396',
    500: '#f9d868',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d868;
$custom-light: #fee396;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d868",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.345,
    "s": 92.357,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88856,
    "c": 0.13569,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.70251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D868

secondary

#3257D3

accent

#34E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D868

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

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