#F9D86F#F9D86F

#F9D86F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.130 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D86F
RGB	rgb(249, 216, 111)
HSL	hsl(46, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(46, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 55.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.19, -0.93, 55.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.19, 55.26, 90.97°)
OKLab	oklab(88.94% -0.0049 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(88.94% 0.13 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.4947, 70.4024, 25.1224)
Luminance	0.7040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D86F #6F90F9

analogous

#F9936F #F9D86F #D5F96F

triadic

#F9D86F #6FF9D8 #D86FF9

tetradic

#F9D86F #6FF993 #6F90F9 #F96FD5

square

#F9D86F #6FF993 #6F90F9 #F96FD5

split-complementary

#F9D86F #6FD5F9 #936FF9

monochromatic

#E4B00A #F7C834 #F9D86F #FBE8AA #FEF7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#F9D86F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.08

#F9D86F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D86F

15.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D86F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D86F	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)

#EBD565

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d86f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 216, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.130 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee39b',
    500: '#f9d86f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d86f;
$custom-light: #fee39b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d86f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.652,
    "s": 92,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88937,
    "c": 0.12959,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D86F

secondary

#385DD4

accent

#37E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D86F

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

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