#F9DE86#F9DE86

#F9DE86 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.112 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9DE86
RGB	rgb(249, 222, 134)
HSL	hsl(46, 91%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(46, 46%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 46.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.97, -2.03, 46.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.97, 46.43, 92.50°)
OKLab	oklab(90.43% -0.0056 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(90.43% 0.112 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(69.4934, 74.1063, 33.1930)
Luminance	0.7410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9DE86 #86A1F9

analogous

#F9A486 #F9DE86 #DAF986

triadic

#F9DE86 #86F9DE #DE86F9

tetradic

#F9DE86 #86F9A4 #86A1F9 #F986DA

square

#F9DE86 #86F9A4 #86A1F9 #F986DA

split-complementary

#F9DE86 #86DAF9 #A486F9

monochromatic

#F3BE11 #F6CE4C #F9DE86 #FCEEC0 #FEF7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#F9DE86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.82

#F9DE86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9DE86

15.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9DE86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9DE86	1.00	1.33	15.82	15.82
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDB7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9de86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 222, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.112 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fde8aa',
    500: '#f9de86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9de86;
$custom-light: #fde8aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9de86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.913,
    "s": 90.551,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9043,
    "c": 0.11198,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9DE86

secondary

#4C6DD7

accent

#36E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9DE86

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

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