#F9E98E#F9E98E

#F9E98E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.804; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.113 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E98E
RGB	rgb(249, 233, 142)
HSL	hsl(51, 90%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(51, 43%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 43%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.85, -6.80, 46.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.85, 46.57, 98.39°)
OKLab	oklab(92.74% -0.0187 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(92.74% 0.113 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(73.0900, 80.3729, 37.2493)
Luminance	0.8037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E98E #8E9EF9

analogous

#F9B48E #F9E98E #D4F98E

triadic

#F9E98E #8EF9E9 #E98EF9

tetradic

#F9E98E #8EF9B4 #8E9EF9 #F98ED4

square

#F9E98E #8EF9B4 #8E9EF9 #F98ED4

split-complementary

#F9E98E #8ED4F9 #B48EF9

monochromatic

#F3D21A #F6DE54 #F9E98E #FCF4C8 #FDF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#F9E98E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.07

#F9E98E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E98E

17.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E98E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E98E	1.00	1.23	17.07	17.07
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E487

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEA92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e98e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 233, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.113 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdefb0',
    500: '#f9e98e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e98e;
$custom-light: #fdefb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e98e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.028,
    "s": 89.916,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92742,
    "c": 0.11318,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.80371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E98E

secondary

#5367D8

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E98E

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

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