#F9E388#F9E388

#F9E388 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.114 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E388
RGB	rgb(249, 227, 136)
HSL	hsl(48, 90%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(48, 45%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 45.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.26, -4.37, 47.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.26, 47.21, 95.31°)
OKLab	oklab(91.45% -0.0122 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(91.45% 0.114 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(70.9819, 76.8581, 34.3839)
Luminance	0.7685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E388 #889EF9

analogous

#F9AB88 #F9E388 #D6F988

triadic

#F9E388 #88F9E3 #E388F9

tetradic

#F9E388 #88F9AB #889EF9 #F988D6

square

#F9E388 #88F9AB #889EF9 #F988D6

split-complementary

#F9E388 #88D6F9 #AB88F9

monochromatic

#F3C813 #F6D54E #F9E388 #FCF1C2 #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F9E388 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.37

#F9E388 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E388

16.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E388	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E388	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)

#F4DF81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE68C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e388;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 227, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.114 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdebac',
    500: '#f9e388',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e388;
$custom-light: #fdebac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e388",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.319,
    "s": 90.4,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91453,
    "c": 0.11402,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.76855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E388

secondary

#4E69D7

accent

#2DE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E388

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

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