#F9F862#F9F862

#F9F862 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.882; OKLCH L 95.3% C 0.168 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F862
RGB	rgb(249, 248, 98)
HSL	hsl(60, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 60.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.23, -17.72, 69.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.23, 72.13, 104.22°)
OKLab	oklab(95.28% -0.0544 0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(95.28% 0.168 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(74.8413, 88.1585, 24.6268)
Luminance	0.8816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F862 #6263F9

analogous

#F9AD62 #F9F862 #AEF962

triadic

#F9F862 #62F9F8 #F862F9

tetradic

#F9F862 #62F9AD #6263F9 #F962AE

square

#F9F862 #62F9AD #6263F9 #F962AE

split-complementary

#F9F862 #62AEF9 #AD62F9

monochromatic

#D8D708 #F7F527 #F9F862 #FBFB9D #FEFDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.13

#F9F862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.63

#F9F862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F862

18.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F862	1.00	1.13	18.63	18.63
#FFFFFF	1.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEE50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF46B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE9D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F1F1F1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 248, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.3% 0.168 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fefa95',
    500: '#f9f862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f862;
$custom-light: #fefa95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.603,
    "s": 92.638,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95275,
    "c": 0.16834,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.88156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F862

secondary

#2D2ED2

accent

#02E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF5

border

#D7D7CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F862

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

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