#F9D960#F9D960

#F9D960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.706; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.143 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D960
RGB	rgb(249, 217, 96)
HSL	hsl(47, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 61.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.30, -2.49, 62.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.30, 62.20, 92.30°)
OKLab	oklab(88.97% -0.0112 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(88.97% 0.143 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.9940, 70.6133, 21.2177)
Luminance	0.7061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D960 #6080F9

analogous

#F98C60 #F9D960 #CCF960

triadic

#F9D960 #60F9D9 #D960F9

tetradic

#F9D960 #60F98C #6080F9 #F960CC

square

#F9D960 #60F98C #6080F9 #F960CC

split-complementary

#F9D960 #60CCF9 #8C60F9

monochromatic

#D7AB08 #F7CB25 #F9D960 #FBE79B #FDF5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#F9D960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.12

#F9D960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D960

15.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D960	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)

#EDD553

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 217, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.143 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe492',
    500: '#f9d960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d960;
$custom-light: #ffe492;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.451,
    "s": 92.727,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8897,
    "c": 0.14298,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D960

secondary

#2C4FD1

accent

#30E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D960

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

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