#F9E489#F9E489

#F9E489 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.114 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E489
RGB	rgb(249, 228, 137)
HSL	hsl(49, 90%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(49, 45%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 45%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.52, -4.77, 46.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.52, 47.09, 95.82°)
OKLab	oklab(91.67% -0.0133 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(91.67% 0.114 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(71.3276, 77.4353, 34.8513)
Luminance	0.7743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E489 #899EF9

analogous

#F9AC89 #F9E489 #D6F989

triadic

#F9E489 #89F9E4 #E489F9

tetradic

#F9E489 #89F9AC #899EF9 #F989D6

square

#F9E489 #89F9AC #899EF9 #F989D6

split-complementary

#F9E489 #89D6F9 #AC89F9

monochromatic

#F3C915 #F6D74F #F9E489 #FCF1C3 #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F9E489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.49

#F9E489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E489

16.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E489	1.00	1.27	16.49	16.49
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E082

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE78D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 228, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.114 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdecad',
    500: '#f9e489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e489;
$custom-light: #fdecad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 90.323,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91667,
    "c": 0.11385,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E489

secondary

#4F68D7

accent

#2BE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E489

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

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