#F9D95F#F9D95F

#F9D95F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.706; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.144 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D95F
RGB	rgb(249, 217, 95)
HSL	hsl(48, 93%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 61.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.29, -2.56, 62.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.29, 62.62, 92.34°)
OKLab	oklab(88.96% -0.0115 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(88.96% 0.144 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.9483, 70.5950, 20.9767)
Luminance	0.7059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D95F #5F7FF9

analogous

#F98C5F #F9D95F #CCF95F

triadic

#F9D95F #5FF9D9 #D95FF9

tetradic

#F9D95F #5FF98C #5F7FF9 #F95FCC

square

#F9D95F #5FF98C #5F7FF9 #F95FCC

split-complementary

#F9D95F #5FCCF9 #8C5FF9

monochromatic

#D6AB08 #F7CB24 #F9D95F #FBE79A #FDF5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#F9D95F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.12

#F9D95F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D95F

15.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D95F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D95F	1.00	1.39	15.12	15.12
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d95f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 217, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.144 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe491',
    500: '#f9d95f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d95f;
$custom-light: #ffe491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d95f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.532,
    "s": 92.771,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8896,
    "c": 0.14377,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D95F

secondary

#2C4ED0

accent

#30E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D95F

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

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