#F9E792#F9E792

#F9E792 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.794; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.107 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E792
RGB	rgb(249, 231, 146)
HSL	hsl(50, 90%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(50, 41%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 41.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.40, -5.39, 43.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.40, 43.87, 97.06°)
OKLab	oklab(92.4% -0.0143 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(92.4% 0.107 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(72.8328, 79.3693, 38.6718)
Luminance	0.7937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E792 #92A4F9

analogous

#F9B492 #F9E792 #D7F992

triadic

#F9E792 #92F9E7 #E792F9

tetradic

#F9E792 #92F9B4 #92A4F9 #F992D7

square

#F9E792 #92F9B4 #92A4F9 #F992D7

split-complementary

#F9E792 #92D7F9 #B492F9

monochromatic

#F3CD1E #F6DA58 #F9E792 #FCF4CC #FDF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F9E792 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.87

#F9E792 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E792

16.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E792	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E792	1.00	1.24	16.87	16.87
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E38C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE995

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e792;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 231, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.107 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdeeb3',
    500: '#f9e792',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e792;
$custom-light: #fdeeb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e792",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.515,
    "s": 89.565,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92403,
    "c": 0.10705,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.79367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E792

secondary

#576DD8

accent

#28E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E792

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

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