#F9DC6F#F9DC6F

#F9DC6F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.132 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9DC6F
RGB	rgb(249, 220, 111)
HSL	hsl(47, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(47, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 55.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.20, -2.96, 56.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.20, 56.50, 93.01°)
OKLab	oklab(89.73% -0.0108 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(89.73% 0.132 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(67.5320, 72.4769, 25.4681)
Luminance	0.7247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9DC6F #6F8CF9

analogous

#F9976F #F9DC6F #D1F96F

triadic

#F9DC6F #6FF9DC #DC6FF9

tetradic

#F9DC6F #6FF997 #6F8CF9 #F96FD1

square

#F9DC6F #6FF997 #6F8CF9 #F96FD1

split-complementary

#F9DC6F #6FD1F9 #976FF9

monochromatic

#E4B60A #F7CE34 #F9DC6F #FBEAAA #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#F9DC6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.49

#F9DC6F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9DC6F

15.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9DC6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9DC6F	1.00	1.36	15.49	15.49
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD865

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E174

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9dc6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 220, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.132 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee69b',
    500: '#f9dc6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9dc6f;
$custom-light: #fee69b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9dc6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.391,
    "s": 92,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8973,
    "c": 0.13248,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9DC6F

secondary

#3859D4

accent

#30E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9DC6F

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

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