#F9D86E#F9D86E

#F9D86E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.130 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D86E
RGB	rgb(249, 216, 110)
HSL	hsl(46, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(46, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 55.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.18, -1.01, 55.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.18, 55.71, 91.04°)
OKLab	oklab(88.93% -0.0053 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(88.93% 0.13 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.4400, 70.3805, 24.8340)
Luminance	0.7038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D86E #6E8FF9

analogous

#F9926E #F9D86E #D5F96E

triadic

#F9D86E #6EF9D8 #D86EF9

tetradic

#F9D86E #6EF992 #6E8FF9 #F96ED5

square

#F9D86E #6EF992 #6E8FF9 #F96ED5

split-complementary

#F9D86E #6ED5F9 #926EF9

monochromatic

#E3AF09 #F7C833 #F9D86E #FBE8A9 #FEF7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#F9D86E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.08

#F9D86E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D86E

15.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D86E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D86E	1.00	1.39	15.08	15.08
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD564

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d86e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 216, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.130 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee39a',
    500: '#f9d86e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d86e;
$custom-light: #fee39a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d86e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.755,
    "s": 92.053,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88925,
    "c": 0.13049,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.70377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D86E

secondary

#375DD4

accent

#36E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D86E

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

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