#F9DF5A#F9DF5A

#F9DF5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.152 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9DF5A
RGB	rgb(249, 223, 90)
HSL	hsl(50, 93%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 63.9%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.76, -5.89, 66.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.76, 66.55, 95.08°)
OKLab	oklab(90.11% -0.0216 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(90.11% 0.152 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(67.3030, 73.6564, 20.3429)
Luminance	0.7365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9DF5A #5A74F9

analogous

#F9905A #F9DF5A #C3F95A

triadic

#F9DF5A #5AF9DF #DF5AF9

tetradic

#F9DF5A #5AF990 #5A74F9 #F95AC3

square

#F9DF5A #5AF990 #5A74F9 #F95AC3

split-complementary

#F9DF5A #5AC3F9 #905AF9

monochromatic

#D1B008 #F7D41F #F9DF5A #FBEA95 #FDF6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#F9DF5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.73

#F9DF5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9DF5A

15.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9DF5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9DF5A	1.00	1.33	15.73	15.73
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9df5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 223, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.152 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe88e',
    500: '#f9df5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9df5a;
$custom-light: #ffe88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9df5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.189,
    "s": 92.982,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90112,
    "c": 0.15203,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9DF5A

secondary

#2B45CC

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9DF5A

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

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