#F9E387#F9E387

#F9E387 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.115 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E387
RGB	rgb(249, 227, 135)
HSL	hsl(48, 90%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(48, 46%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 45.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.24, -4.46, 47.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.24, 47.69, 95.37°)
OKLab	oklab(91.44% -0.0126 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(91.44% 0.115 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(70.9112, 76.8298, 34.0113)
Luminance	0.7683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E387 #879DF9

analogous

#F9AA87 #F9E387 #D6F987

triadic

#F9E387 #87F9E3 #E387F9

tetradic

#F9E387 #87F9AA #879DF9 #F987D6

square

#F9E387 #87F9AA #879DF9 #F987D6

split-complementary

#F9E387 #87D6F9 #AA87F9

monochromatic

#F3C812 #F6D54D #F9E387 #FCF1C1 #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F9E387 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.37

#F9E387 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E387

16.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E387	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E387	1.00	1.28	16.37	16.37
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DF80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE68B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e387;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 227, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.115 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdebab',
    500: '#f9e387',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e387;
$custom-light: #fdebab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e387",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.421,
    "s": 90.476,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91438,
    "c": 0.11504,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E387

secondary

#4D68D7

accent

#2CE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E387

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

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