#F9D86A#F9D86A

#F9D86A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.134 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D86A
RGB	rgb(249, 216, 106)
HSL	hsl(46, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(46, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 57.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.14, -1.30, 57.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.14, 57.52, 91.30°)
OKLab	oklab(88.88% -0.0066 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(88.88% 0.134 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(66.2271, 70.2953, 23.7128)
Luminance	0.7029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D86A #6A8BF9

analogous

#F9916A #F9D86A #D2F96A

triadic

#F9D86A #6AF9D8 #D86AF9

tetradic

#F9D86A #6AF991 #6A8BF9 #F96AD2

square

#F9D86A #6AF991 #6A8BF9 #F96AD2

split-complementary

#F9D86A #6AD2F9 #916AF9

monochromatic

#E0AE09 #F7C92F #F9D86A #FBE7A5 #FEF7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#F9D86A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.06

#F9D86A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D86A

15.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D86A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D86A	1.00	1.39	15.06	15.06
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD55F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d86a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 216, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.134 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee398',
    500: '#f9d86a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d86a;
$custom-light: #fee398;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d86a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 92.258,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88878,
    "c": 0.13398,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D86A

secondary

#3459D3

accent

#35E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D86A

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

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