#F9DD62#F9DD62

#F9DD62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.144 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9DD62
RGB	rgb(249, 221, 98)
HSL	hsl(49, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 60.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.32, -4.39, 62.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.32, 62.56, 94.02°)
OKLab	oklab(89.79% -0.0164 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(89.79% 0.144 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(67.1308, 72.7376, 22.0566)
Luminance	0.7273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9DD62 #627EF9

analogous

#F99162 #F9DD62 #CAF962

triadic

#F9DD62 #62F9DD #DD62F9

tetradic

#F9DD62 #62F991 #627EF9 #F962CA

square

#F9DD62 #62F991 #627EF9 #F962CA

split-complementary

#F9DD62 #62CAF9 #9162F9

monochromatic

#D8B208 #F7D027 #F9DD62 #FBEA9D #FEF7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#F9DD62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.55

#F9DD62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9DD62

15.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9DD62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9DD62	1.00	1.35	15.55	15.55
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D855

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9dd62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 221, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.144 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee793',
    500: '#f9dd62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9dd62;
$custom-light: #fee793;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9dd62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.874,
    "s": 92.638,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89787,
    "c": 0.14429,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9DD62

secondary

#2D4CD2

accent

#2BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9DD62

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

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