#F9D969#F9D969

#F9D969 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.136 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D969
RGB	rgb(249, 217, 105)
HSL	hsl(47, 92%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(47, 58%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 57.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.38, -1.88, 58.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.38, 58.26, 91.85°)
OKLab	oklab(89.07% -0.0084 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(89.07% 0.136 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(66.4324, 70.7886, 23.5262)
Luminance	0.7078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D969 #6989F9

analogous

#F99169 #F9D969 #D1F969

triadic

#F9D969 #69F9D9 #D969F9

tetradic

#F9D969 #69F991 #6989F9 #F969D1

square

#F9D969 #69F991 #6989F9 #F969D1

split-complementary

#F9D969 #69D1F9 #9169F9

monochromatic

#DFAF09 #F7CA2E #F9D969 #FBE8A4 #FEF7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#F9D969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.16

#F9D969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D969

15.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D969	1.00	1.39	15.16	15.16
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD55E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 217, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.136 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee497',
    500: '#f9d969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d969;
$custom-light: #fee497;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 92.308,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89065,
    "c": 0.13554,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.70785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D969

secondary

#3357D3

accent

#33E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D969

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

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