#F9DC62#F9DC62

#F9DC62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.144 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9DC62
RGB	rgb(249, 220, 98)
HSL	hsl(48, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 60.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.07, -3.88, 62.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.07, 62.25, 93.58°)
OKLab	oklab(89.59% -0.0149 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(89.59% 0.144 96)
XYZ	xyz(66.8676, 72.2112, 21.9689)
Luminance	0.7221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9DC62 #627FF9

analogous

#F99062 #F9DC62 #CAF962

triadic

#F9DC62 #62F9DC #DC62F9

tetradic

#F9DC62 #62F990 #627FF9 #F962CA

square

#F9DC62 #62F990 #627FF9 #F962CA

split-complementary

#F9DC62 #62CAF9 #9062F9

monochromatic

#D8B008 #F7CF27 #F9DC62 #FBE99D #FEF6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#F9DC62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.44

#F9DC62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9DC62

15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9DC62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9DC62	1.00	1.36	15.44	15.44
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D855

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E168

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9dc62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 220, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.144 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee693',
    500: '#f9dc62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9dc62;
$custom-light: #fee693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9dc62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.477,
    "s": 92.638,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89588,
    "c": 0.14354,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.72208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9DC62

secondary

#2D4DD2

accent

#2CE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9DC62

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

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