#F9DB61#F9DB61

#F9DB61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.144 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9DB61
RGB	rgb(249, 219, 97)
HSL	hsl(48, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 61%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.81, -3.44, 62.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.81, 62.37, 93.16°)
OKLab	oklab(89.38% -0.0138 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(89.38% 0.144 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(66.5590, 71.6691, 21.6346)
Luminance	0.7167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9DB61 #617FF9

analogous

#F98F61 #F9DB61 #CBF961

triadic

#F9DB61 #61F9DB #DB61F9

tetradic

#F9DB61 #61F98F #617FF9 #F961CB

square

#F9DB61 #61F98F #617FF9 #F961CB

split-complementary

#F9DB61 #61CBF9 #8F61F9

monochromatic

#D7AF08 #F7CE26 #F9DB61 #FBE89C #FDF6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#F9DB61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.33

#F9DB61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9DB61

15.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9DB61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9DB61	1.00	1.37	15.33	15.33
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E067

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9db61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 219, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.144 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe592',
    500: '#f9db61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9db61;
$custom-light: #ffe592;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9db61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.158,
    "s": 92.683,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89378,
    "c": 0.14361,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9DB61

secondary

#2D4DD2

accent

#2DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9DB61

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

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