#F9E992#F9E992

#F9E992 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.805; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.109 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E992
RGB	rgb(249, 233, 146)
HSL	hsl(51, 90%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(51, 41%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 41.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.91, -6.39, 44.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.91, 44.64, 98.24°)
OKLab	oklab(92.8% -0.0172 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(92.8% 0.109 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(73.3957, 80.4952, 38.8595)
Luminance	0.8049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E992 #92A2F9

analogous

#F9B692 #F9E992 #D5F992

triadic

#F9E992 #92F9E9 #E992F9

tetradic

#F9E992 #92F9B6 #92A2F9 #F992D5

square

#F9E992 #92F9B6 #92A2F9 #F992D5

split-complementary

#F9E992 #92D5F9 #B692F9

monochromatic

#F3D21E #F6DD58 #F9E992 #FCF5CC #FDF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#F9E992 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.10

#F9E992 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E992

17.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E992	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E992	1.00	1.23	17.10	17.10
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E48B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEB95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e992;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 233, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.109 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdefb3',
    500: '#f9e992',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e992;
$custom-light: #fdefb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e992",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.68,
    "s": 89.565,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92803,
    "c": 0.10892,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.80493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E992

secondary

#576BD8

accent

#24E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E992

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

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