#F9E586#F9E586

#F9E586 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.118 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E586
RGB	rgb(249, 229, 134)
HSL	hsl(50, 91%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(50, 46%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 46.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.74, -5.56, 48.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.74, 48.89, 96.53°)
OKLab	oklab(91.82% -0.0159 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(91.82% 0.118 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(71.3913, 77.9022, 33.8257)
Luminance	0.7790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E586 #869AF9

analogous

#F9AB86 #F9E586 #D4F986

triadic

#F9E586 #86F9E5 #E586F9

tetradic

#F9E586 #86F9AB #869AF9 #F986D4

square

#F9E586 #86F9AB #869AF9 #F986D4

split-complementary

#F9E586 #86D4F9 #AB86F9

monochromatic

#F3CC11 #F6D84C #F9E586 #FCF2C0 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F9E586 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.58

#F9E586 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E586

16.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E586	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E586	1.00	1.27	16.58	16.58
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E07E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE88A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e586;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 229, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.118 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdedab',
    500: '#f9e586',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e586;
$custom-light: #fdedab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e586",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 90.551,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91824,
    "c": 0.11781,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E586

secondary

#4C64D7

accent

#28E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E586

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

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