#F9D962#F9D962

#F9D962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.706; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.141 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D962
RGB	rgb(249, 217, 98)
HSL	hsl(47, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 60.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.31, -2.36, 61.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.31, 61.34, 92.21°)
OKLab	oklab(88.99% -0.0106 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(88.99% 0.141 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.0873, 70.6506, 21.7088)
Luminance	0.7065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D962 #6282F9

analogous

#F98D62 #F9D962 #CDF962

triadic

#F9D962 #62F9D9 #D962F9

tetradic

#F9D962 #62F98D #6282F9 #F962CD

square

#F9D962 #62F98D #6282F9 #F962CD

split-complementary

#F9D962 #62CDF9 #8D62F9

monochromatic

#D8AC08 #F7CB27 #F9D962 #FBE79D #FEF6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#F9D962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.13

#F9D962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D962

15.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D962	1.00	1.39	15.13	15.13
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 217, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.141 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe493',
    500: '#f9d962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d962;
$custom-light: #ffe493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.285,
    "s": 92.638,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88991,
    "c": 0.14138,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.70647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D962

secondary

#2D50D2

accent

#31E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D962

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

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