#F9D869#F9D869

#F9D869 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.135 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D869
RGB	rgb(249, 216, 105)
HSL	hsl(46, 92%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(46, 58%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 57.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.13, -1.38, 57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.13, 57.96, 91.36°)
OKLab	oklab(88.87% -0.0069 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(88.87% 0.135 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(66.1754, 70.2747, 23.4406)
Luminance	0.7027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D869 #698AF9

analogous

#F99069 #F9D869 #D2F969

triadic

#F9D869 #69F9D8 #D869F9

tetradic

#F9D869 #69F990 #698AF9 #F969D2

square

#F9D869 #69F990 #698AF9 #F969D2

split-complementary

#F9D869 #69D2F9 #9069F9

monochromatic

#DFAE09 #F7C92E #F9D869 #FBE7A4 #FEF7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#F9D869 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.05

#F9D869 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D869

15.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D869	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D869	1.00	1.39	15.05	15.05
#FFFFFF	1.39	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)

#ECD55E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d869;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 216, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.135 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee397',
    500: '#f9d869',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d869;
$custom-light: #fee397;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d869",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.25,
    "s": 92.308,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88867,
    "c": 0.13485,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.70271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D869

secondary

#3358D3

accent

#35E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D869

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

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