#F9D96F#F9D96F

#F9D96F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.130 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D96F
RGB	rgb(249, 217, 111)
HSL	hsl(46, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(46, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 55.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.44, -1.44, 55.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.44, 55.56, 91.49°)
OKLab	oklab(89.13% -0.0064 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(89.13% 0.13 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(66.7517, 70.9163, 25.2080)
Luminance	0.7091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D96F #6F8FF9

analogous

#F9946F #F9D96F #D4F96F

triadic

#F9D96F #6FF9D9 #D96FF9

tetradic

#F9D96F #6FF994 #6F8FF9 #F96FD4

square

#F9D96F #6FF994 #6F8FF9 #F96FD4

split-complementary

#F9D96F #6FD4F9 #946FF9

monochromatic

#E4B10A #F7C934 #F9D96F #FBE9AA #FEF7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#F9D96F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.18

#F9D96F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D96F

15.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D96F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D96F	1.00	1.38	15.18	15.18
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD665

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d96f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 217, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.130 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee49b',
    500: '#f9d96f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d96f;
$custom-light: #fee49b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d96f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.087,
    "s": 92,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89134,
    "c": 0.13029,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D96F

secondary

#385CD4

accent

#35E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D96F

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

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