#F9DD5D#F9DD5D

#F9DD5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.148 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9DD5D
RGB	rgb(249, 221, 93)
HSL	hsl(49, 93%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 62.7%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.28, -4.71, 64.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.28, 64.68, 94.17°)
OKLab	oklab(89.74% -0.0179 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(89.74% 0.148 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(66.9021, 72.6461, 20.8519)
Luminance	0.7264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9DD5D #5D79F9

analogous

#F98F5D #F9DD5D #C7F95D

triadic

#F9DD5D #5DF9DD #DD5DF9

tetradic

#F9DD5D #5DF98F #5D79F9 #F95DC7

square

#F9DD5D #5DF98F #5D79F9 #F95DC7

split-complementary

#F9DD5D #5DC7F9 #8F5DF9

monochromatic

#D4AF08 #F7D122 #F9DD5D #FBE998 #FDF6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#F9DD5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.53

#F9DD5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9DD5D

15.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9DD5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9DD5D	1.00	1.35	15.53	15.53
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D84E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9dd5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 221, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.148 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe790',
    500: '#f9dd5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9dd5d;
$custom-light: #ffe790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9dd5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.231,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89739,
    "c": 0.14824,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9DD5D

secondary

#2C49CE

accent

#29E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9DD5D

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

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