#F9DC69#F9DC69

#F9DC69 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.138 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9DC69
RGB	rgb(249, 220, 105)
HSL	hsl(48, 92%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 57.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.14, -3.40, 59.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.14, 59.19, 93.30°)
OKLab	oklab(89.66% -0.0128 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(89.66% 0.138 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(67.2127, 72.3492, 23.7863)
Luminance	0.7235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9DC69 #6986F9

analogous

#F99469 #F9DC69 #CEF969

triadic

#F9DC69 #69F9DC #DC69F9

tetradic

#F9DC69 #69F994 #6986F9 #F969CE

square

#F9DC69 #69F994 #6986F9 #F969CE

split-complementary

#F9DC69 #69CEF9 #9469F9

monochromatic

#DFB409 #F7CE2E #F9DC69 #FBEAA4 #FEF7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#F9DC69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.47

#F9DC69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9DC69

15.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9DC69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9DC69	1.00	1.36	15.47	15.47
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D85D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E16E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9dc69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 220, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.138 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee697',
    500: '#f9dc69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9dc69;
$custom-light: #fee697;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9dc69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.917,
    "s": 92.308,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89661,
    "c": 0.13772,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9DC69

secondary

#3353D3

accent

#2EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9DC69

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

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