#F9DF6A#F9DF6A

#F9DF6A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.139 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9DF6A
RGB	rgb(249, 223, 106)
HSL	hsl(49, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 57.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.90, -4.85, 59.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.90, 59.71, 94.66°)
OKLab	oklab(90.27% -0.0168 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(90.27% 0.139 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(68.0588, 73.9587, 24.3234)
Luminance	0.7396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9DF6A #6A84F9

analogous

#F9986A #F9DF6A #CCF96A

triadic

#F9DF6A #6AF9DF #DF6AF9

tetradic

#F9DF6A #6AF998 #6A84F9 #F96ACC

square

#F9DF6A #6AF998 #6A84F9 #F96ACC

split-complementary

#F9DF6A #6ACCF9 #986AF9

monochromatic

#E0B909 #F7D22F #F9DF6A #FBECA5 #FEF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#F9DF6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.79

#F9DF6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9DF6A

15.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9DF6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9DF6A	1.00	1.33	15.79	15.79
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DA5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E36F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9df6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 223, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.139 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee898',
    500: '#f9df6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9df6a;
$custom-light: #fee898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9df6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 92.258,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90271,
    "c": 0.13917,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9DF6A

secondary

#3451D3

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9DF6A

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

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