#F9DC66#F9DC66

#F9DC66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.140 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9DC66
RGB	rgb(249, 220, 102)
HSL	hsl(48, 92%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 59%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.11, -3.61, 60.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.11, 60.51, 93.42°)
OKLab	oklab(89.63% -0.0137 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(89.63% 0.14 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(67.0612, 72.2886, 22.9885)
Luminance	0.7228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9DC66 #6683F9

analogous

#F99366 #F9DC66 #CDF966

triadic

#F9DC66 #66F9DC #DC66F9

tetradic

#F9DC66 #66F993 #6683F9 #F966CD

square

#F9DC66 #66F993 #6683F9 #F966CD

split-complementary

#F9DC66 #66CDF9 #9366F9

monochromatic

#DCB209 #F7CF2B #F9DC66 #FBE9A1 #FEF7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#F9DC66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.46

#F9DC66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9DC66

15.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9DC66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9DC66	1.00	1.36	15.46	15.46
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D85A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E16B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9dc66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 220, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.140 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee695',
    500: '#f9dc66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9dc66;
$custom-light: #fee695;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9dc66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.163,
    "s": 92.453,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89629,
    "c": 0.14026,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9DC66

secondary

#3050D3

accent

#2DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9DC66

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

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