#F9DD6B#F9DD6B

#F9DD6B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.137 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9DD6B
RGB	rgb(249, 221, 107)
HSL	hsl(48, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 57%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.41, -3.77, 58.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.41, 58.62, 93.68°)
OKLab	oklab(89.88% -0.0136 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(89.88% 0.137 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(67.5799, 72.9173, 24.4218)
Luminance	0.7291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9DD6B #6B87F9

analogous

#F9966B #F9DD6B #CEF96B

triadic

#F9DD6B #6BF9DD #DD6BF9

tetradic

#F9DD6B #6BF996 #6B87F9 #F96BCE

square

#F9DD6B #6BF996 #6B87F9 #F96BCE

split-complementary

#F9DD6B #6BCEF9 #966BF9

monochromatic

#E0B609 #F7CF30 #F9DD6B #FBEBA6 #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#F9DD6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.58

#F9DD6B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9DD6B

15.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9DD6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9DD6B	1.00	1.35	15.58	15.58
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D960

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E270

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9dd6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 221, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.137 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee799',
    500: '#f9dd6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9dd6b;
$custom-light: #fee799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9dd6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.169,
    "s": 92.208,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89883,
    "c": 0.13675,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9DD6B

secondary

#3554D3

accent

#2DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9DD6B

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

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