#F9DC85#F9DC85

#F9DC85 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.111 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9DC85
RGB	rgb(249, 220, 133)
HSL	hsl(45, 91%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(45, 47%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 46.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.46, -1.11, 46.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.46, 46.25, 91.37°)
OKLab	oklab(90.02% -0.0031 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(90.02% 0.111 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(68.8959, 73.0225, 32.6514)
Luminance	0.7302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9DC85 #85A2F9

analogous

#F9A285 #F9DC85 #DCF985

triadic

#F9DC85 #85F9DC #DC85F9

tetradic

#F9DC85 #85F9A2 #85A2F9 #F985DC

square

#F9DC85 #85F9A2 #85A2F9 #F985DC

split-complementary

#F9DC85 #85DCF9 #A285F9

monochromatic

#F3BB10 #F6CB4B #F9DC85 #FCEDBF #FEF7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#F9DC85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.60

#F9DC85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9DC85

15.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9DC85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9DC85	1.00	1.35	15.60	15.60
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD97E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E288

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9dc85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 220, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.111 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fde6aa',
    500: '#f9dc85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9dc85;
$custom-light: #fde6aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9dc85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 90.625,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9002,
    "c": 0.11148,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.7302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9DC85

secondary

#4B6ED7

accent

#39E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181510

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9DC85

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

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