#F9E98C#F9E98C

#F9E98C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.803; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.115 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E98C
RGB	rgb(249, 233, 140)
HSL	hsl(51, 90%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(51, 44%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 43.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.83, -6.99, 47.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.83, 47.53, 98.46°)
OKLab	oklab(92.71% -0.0195 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(92.71% 0.115 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(72.9412, 80.3134, 36.4656)
Luminance	0.8031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E98C #8C9CF9

analogous

#F9B38C #F9E98C #D3F98C

triadic

#F9E98C #8CF9E9 #E98CF9

tetradic

#F9E98C #8CF9B3 #8C9CF9 #F98CD3

square

#F9E98C #8CF9B3 #8C9CF9 #F98CD3

split-complementary

#F9E98C #8CD3F9 #B38CF9

monochromatic

#F3D318 #F6DE52 #F9E98C #FCF4C6 #FDF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#F9E98C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.06

#F9E98C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E98C

17.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E98C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E98C	1.00	1.23	17.06	17.06
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E485

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEA90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e98c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 233, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.115 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdefaf',
    500: '#f9e98c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e98c;
$custom-light: #fdefaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e98c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.193,
    "s": 90.083,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92712,
    "c": 0.11529,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.80311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E98C

secondary

#5265D8

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E98C

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

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