#F9DC6A#F9DC6A

#F9DC6A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.137 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9DC6A
RGB	rgb(249, 220, 106)
HSL	hsl(48, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 57.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.15, -3.33, 58.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.15, 58.75, 93.25°)
OKLab	oklab(89.67% -0.0124 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(89.67% 0.137 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(67.2644, 72.3699, 24.0586)
Luminance	0.7237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9DC6A #6A87F9

analogous

#F9956A #F9DC6A #CFF96A

triadic

#F9DC6A #6AF9DC #DC6AF9

tetradic

#F9DC6A #6AF995 #6A87F9 #F96ACF

square

#F9DC6A #6AF995 #6A87F9 #F96ACF

split-complementary

#F9DC6A #6ACFF9 #956AF9

monochromatic

#E0B409 #F7CE2F #F9DC6A #FBEAA5 #FEF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#F9DC6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.47

#F9DC6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9DC6A

15.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9DC6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9DC6A	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)

#F0D85F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E16F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9dc6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 220, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.137 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee698',
    500: '#f9dc6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9dc6a;
$custom-light: #fee698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9dc6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.832,
    "s": 92.258,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89673,
    "c": 0.13687,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9DC6A

secondary

#3454D3

accent

#2FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9DC6A

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

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