#F9E686#F9E686

#F9E686 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.119 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E686
RGB	rgb(249, 230, 134)
HSL	hsl(50, 91%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(50, 46%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 46.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.99, -6.06, 48.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.99, 49.26, 97.07°)
OKLab	oklab(92.02% -0.0173 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(92.02% 0.119 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(71.6688, 78.4571, 33.9182)
Luminance	0.7845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E686 #8699F9

analogous

#F9AC86 #F9E686 #D2F986

triadic

#F9E686 #86F9E6 #E686F9

tetradic

#F9E686 #86F9AC #8699F9 #F986D2

square

#F9E686 #86F9AC #8699F9 #F986D2

split-complementary

#F9E686 #86D2F9 #AC86F9

monochromatic

#F3CE11 #F6DA4C #F9E686 #FCF2C0 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#F9E686 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.69

#F9E686 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E686

16.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E686	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E686	1.00	1.26	16.69	16.69
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E17E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE88A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e686;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 230, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.119 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdedab',
    500: '#f9e686',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e686;
$custom-light: #fdedab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e686",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.087,
    "s": 90.551,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92024,
    "c": 0.1187,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.78455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E686

secondary

#4C63D7

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E686

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

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