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#f9cf21

a balanced, electric yellow · cool · closest name: gold

RGB
249, 207, 33
HSL
48°, 95%, 55%
CMYK
0, 17, 87, 2
Luminance
0.6488

Every format

HEX#f9cf21
RGBrgb(249, 207, 33)
HSLhsl(48, 95%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 17%, 87%, 2%)
LABlab(84.4 -0.0 80.8)
LCHlch(84.4 80.8 90.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.866 0.172 93.4)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #f9cf21;
background-color: #f9cf21;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#f9cf21] bg-[#f9cf21]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #f9cf21;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.976, green: 0.812, blue: 0.129)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#f9cf21")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#f9cf21 on white: 1.50:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#f9cf21 on black: 13.98:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red97.6%
Green81.2%
Blue12.9%

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta16.9%
Yellow86.7%
Key (black)2.4%

Color previews

#f9cf21 text on a black background

contrast 13.98:1

Card sample

#f9cf21 text on a white background

contrast 1.50:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #f9cf21;
Background color
Panel with #f9cf21 background
background-color: #f9cf21;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #f9cf21;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(249, 207, 33, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(249, 207, 33, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #f9cf21;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f9cf21, #93F921);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #f9cf21

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #f9cf21 in the Color Lab