#F9DE61#F9DE61

#F9DE61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.146 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9DE61
RGB	rgb(249, 222, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 61%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.57, -4.96, 63.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.57, 63.30, 94.49°)
OKLab	oklab(89.98% -0.0181 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(89.98% 0.146 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(67.3487, 73.2485, 21.8978)
Luminance	0.7325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9DE61 #617CF9

analogous

#F99261 #F9DE61 #C8F961

triadic

#F9DE61 #61F9DE #DE61F9

tetradic

#F9DE61 #61F992 #617CF9 #F961C8

square

#F9DE61 #61F992 #617CF9 #F961C8

split-complementary

#F9DE61 #61C8F9 #9261F9

monochromatic

#D7B308 #F7D226 #F9DE61 #FBEA9C #FDF7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#F9DE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.65

#F9DE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9DE61

15.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9DE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9DE61	1.00	1.34	15.65	15.65
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D953

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E267

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9de61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 222, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.146 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee892',
    500: '#f9de61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9de61;
$custom-light: #fee892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9de61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.342,
    "s": 92.683,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89977,
    "c": 0.14585,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9DE61

secondary

#2D4AD2

accent

#29E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9DE61

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

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