#F9E587#F9E587

#F9E587 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.117 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E587
RGB	rgb(249, 229, 135)
HSL	hsl(49, 90%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(49, 46%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 45.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.75, -5.47, 48.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.75, 48.41, 96.48°)
OKLab	oklab(91.84% -0.0155 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(91.84% 0.117 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(71.4614, 77.9302, 34.1947)
Luminance	0.7793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E587 #879BF9

analogous

#F9AC87 #F9E587 #D4F987

triadic

#F9E587 #87F9E5 #E587F9

tetradic

#F9E587 #87F9AC #879BF9 #F987D4

square

#F9E587 #87F9AC #879BF9 #F987D4

split-complementary

#F9E587 #87D4F9 #AC87F9

monochromatic

#F3CC12 #F6D84D #F9E587 #FCF2C1 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F9E587 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.59

#F9E587 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E587

16.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E587	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E587	1.00	1.27	16.59	16.59
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E07F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE88B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e587;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 229, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.117 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdedab',
    500: '#f9e587',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e587;
$custom-light: #fdedab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e587",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.474,
    "s": 90.476,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91838,
    "c": 0.11679,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.77928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E587

secondary

#4D65D7

accent

#28E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E587

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

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