#F9D965#F9D965

#F9D965 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.139 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D965
RGB	rgb(249, 217, 101)
HSL	hsl(47, 93%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 59.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.34, -2.16, 59.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.34, 60.03, 92.07°)
OKLab	oklab(89.02% -0.0096 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(89.02% 0.139 94)
XYZ	xyz(66.2316, 70.7083, 22.4688)
Luminance	0.7070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D965 #6585F9

analogous

#F98F65 #F9D965 #CFF965

triadic

#F9D965 #65F9D9 #D965F9

tetradic

#F9D965 #65F98F #6585F9 #F965CF

square

#F9D965 #65F98F #6585F9 #F965CF

split-complementary

#F9D965 #65CFF9 #8F65F9

monochromatic

#DBAE09 #F7CA2A #F9D965 #FBE8A0 #FEF6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#F9D965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.14

#F9D965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D965

15.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D965	1.00	1.39	15.14	15.14
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 217, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.139 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee495',
    500: '#f9d965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d965;
$custom-light: #fee495;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.027,
    "s": 92.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89022,
    "c": 0.13891,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.70705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D965

secondary

#3053D3

accent

#32E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D965

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

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