#F9E486#F9E486

#F9E486 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.117 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E486
RGB	rgb(249, 228, 134)
HSL	hsl(49, 91%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(49, 46%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 46.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.48, -5.06, 48.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.48, 48.52, 95.98°)
OKLab	oklab(91.62% -0.0144 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(91.62% 0.117 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(71.1154, 77.3504, 33.7337)
Luminance	0.7735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E486 #869BF9

analogous

#F9AA86 #F9E486 #D5F986

triadic

#F9E486 #86F9E4 #E486F9

tetradic

#F9E486 #86F9AA #869BF9 #F986D5

square

#F9E486 #86F9AA #869BF9 #F986D5

split-complementary

#F9E486 #86D5F9 #AA86F9

monochromatic

#F3CA11 #F6D74C #F9E486 #FCF1C0 #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F9E486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.47

#F9E486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E486

16.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E486	1.00	1.28	16.47	16.47
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E07E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE78A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 228, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.117 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdecab',
    500: '#f9e486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e486;
$custom-light: #fdecab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.043,
    "s": 90.551,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91624,
    "c": 0.11693,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.77348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E486

secondary

#4C66D7

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E486

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

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