#F9E488#F9E488

#F9E488 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.115 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E488
RGB	rgb(249, 228, 136)
HSL	hsl(49, 90%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(49, 45%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 45.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.51, -4.87, 47.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.51, 47.57, 95.88°)
OKLab	oklab(91.65% -0.0137 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(91.65% 0.115 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(71.2562, 77.4067, 34.4753)
Luminance	0.7740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E488 #889DF9

analogous

#F9AC88 #F9E488 #D5F988

triadic

#F9E488 #88F9E4 #E488F9

tetradic

#F9E488 #88F9AC #889DF9 #F988D5

square

#F9E488 #88F9AC #889DF9 #F988D5

split-complementary

#F9E488 #88D5F9 #AC88F9

monochromatic

#F3CA13 #F6D74E #F9E488 #FCF1C2 #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F9E488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.48

#F9E488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E488

16.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E488	1.00	1.27	16.48	16.48
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E081

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE78C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 228, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.115 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdecac',
    500: '#f9e488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e488;
$custom-light: #fdecac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.85,
    "s": 90.4,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91652,
    "c": 0.11488,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.77404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E488

secondary

#4E67D7

accent

#2BE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E488

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

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