#F9E793#F9E793

#F9E793 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.794; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.106 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E793
RGB	rgb(249, 231, 147)
HSL	hsl(49, 89%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(49, 41%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 41%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.42, -5.29, 43.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.42, 43.39, 97.00°)
OKLab	oklab(92.42% -0.014 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(92.42% 0.106 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(72.9109, 79.4005, 39.0833)
Luminance	0.7940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E793 #93A5F9

analogous

#F9B493 #F9E793 #D8F993

triadic

#F9E793 #93F9E7 #E793F9

tetradic

#F9E793 #93F9B4 #93A5F9 #F993D8

square

#F9E793 #93F9B4 #93A5F9 #F993D8

split-complementary

#F9E793 #93D8F9 #B493F9

monochromatic

#F3CD1F #F6DA59 #F9E793 #FCF4CD #FDF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F9E793 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.88

#F9E793 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E793

16.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E793	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E793	1.00	1.24	16.88	16.88
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E38D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE996

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e793;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 231, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.106 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdeeb4',
    500: '#f9e793',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e793;
$custom-light: #fdeeb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e793",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 89.474,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92418,
    "c": 0.10598,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.79398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E793

secondary

#586ED9

accent

#28E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E793

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

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