#F9DB5D#F9DB5D

#F9DB5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.147 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9DB5D
RGB	rgb(249, 219, 93)
HSL	hsl(48, 93%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 62.7%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.77, -3.70, 63.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.77, 64.07, 93.31°)
OKLab	oklab(89.34% -0.015 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(89.34% 0.147 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(66.3772, 71.5963, 20.6770)
Luminance	0.7159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9DB5D #5D7BF9

analogous

#F98D5D #F9DB5D #C9F95D

triadic

#F9DB5D #5DF9DB #DB5DF9

tetradic

#F9DB5D #5DF98D #5D7BF9 #F95DC9

square

#F9DB5D #5DF98D #5D7BF9 #F95DC9

split-complementary

#F9DB5D #5DC9F9 #8D5DF9

monochromatic

#D4AD08 #F7CE22 #F9DB5D #FBE898 #FDF5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#F9DB5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.32

#F9DB5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9DB5D

15.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9DB5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9DB5D	1.00	1.37	15.32	15.32
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9db5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 219, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.147 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe590',
    500: '#f9db5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9db5d;
$custom-light: #ffe590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9db5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89339,
    "c": 0.14676,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9DB5D

secondary

#2C4BCE

accent

#2CE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9DB5D

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

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