#F9E596#F9E596

#F9E596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.101 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E596
RGB	rgb(249, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(48, 89%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(48, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 39.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.95, -3.97, 40.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.95, 41.17, 95.53°)
OKLab	oklab(92.07% -0.0099 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(92.07% 0.101 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(72.5928, 78.3828, 40.1537)
Luminance	0.7838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E596 #96AAF9

analogous

#F9B396 #F9E596 #DBF996

triadic

#F9E596 #96F9E5 #E596F9

tetradic

#F9E596 #96F9B3 #96AAF9 #F996DB

square

#F9E596 #96F9B3 #96AAF9 #F996DB

split-complementary

#F9E596 #96DBF9 #B396F9

monochromatic

#F2C822 #F6D75C #F9E596 #FCF3D0 #FDF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#F9E596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.68

#F9E596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E596

16.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E596	1.00	1.26	16.68	16.68
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.101 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdedb6',
    500: '#f9e596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e596;
$custom-light: #fdedb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.879,
    "s": 89.189,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92068,
    "c": 0.10093,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.7838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E596

secondary

#5A74D9

accent

#2EE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E596

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

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