#F9F85D#F9F85D

#F9F85D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.881; OKLCH L 95.2% C 0.172 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F85D
RGB	rgb(249, 248, 93)
HSL	hsl(60, 93%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 62.7%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.19, -18.02, 71.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.19, 74.10, 104.08°)
OKLab	oklab(95.23% -0.0557 0.1627)
OKLCH	oklch(95.23% 0.172 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(74.6125, 88.0670, 23.4221)
Luminance	0.8807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F85D #5D5EF9

analogous

#F9AA5D #F9F85D #ACF95D

triadic

#F9F85D #5DF9F8 #F85DF9

tetradic

#F9F85D #5DF9AA #5D5EF9 #F95DAC

square

#F9F85D #5DF9AA #5D5EF9 #F95DAC

split-complementary

#F9F85D #5DACF9 #AA5DF9

monochromatic

#D4D208 #F7F522 #F9F85D #FBFB98 #FDFDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.13

#F9F85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.61

#F9F85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F85D

18.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F85D	1.00	1.13	18.61	18.61
#FFFFFF	1.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEE49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF467

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE9D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F1F1F1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 248, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.2% 0.172 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffa92',
    500: '#f9f85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f85d;
$custom-light: #fffa92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.615,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95232,
    "c": 0.17202,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.88065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F85D

secondary

#2C2DCE

accent

#01E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF4

border

#D7D7CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F85D

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

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