#F9DC6C#F9DC6C

#F9DC6C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.135 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9DC6C
RGB	rgb(249, 220, 108)
HSL	hsl(48, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 56.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.17, -3.19, 57.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.17, 57.85, 93.16°)
OKLab	oklab(89.7% -0.0118 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(89.7% 0.135 95)
XYZ	xyz(67.3696, 72.4120, 24.6127)
Luminance	0.7241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9DC6C #6C89F9

analogous

#F9966C #F9DC6C #CFF96C

triadic

#F9DC6C #6CF9DC #DC6CF9

tetradic

#F9DC6C #6CF996 #6C89F9 #F96CCF

square

#F9DC6C #6CF996 #6C89F9 #F96CCF

split-complementary

#F9DC6C #6CCFF9 #966CF9

monochromatic

#E1B509 #F7CE31 #F9DC6C #FBEAA7 #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#F9DC6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.48

#F9DC6C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9DC6C

15.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9DC6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9DC6C	1.00	1.36	15.48	15.48
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD861

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E171

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9dc6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 220, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.135 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee699',
    500: '#f9dc6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9dc6c;
$custom-light: #fee699;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9dc6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.66,
    "s": 92.157,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89695,
    "c": 0.13513,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.72409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9DC6C

secondary

#3656D4

accent

#2FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9DC6C

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

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