#F9E993#F9E993

#F9E993 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.805; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.108 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E993
RGB	rgb(249, 233, 147)
HSL	hsl(51, 89%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(51, 41%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 41%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.92, -6.29, 43.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.92, 44.16, 98.19°)
OKLab	oklab(92.82% -0.0169 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(92.82% 0.108 99)
XYZ	xyz(73.4739, 80.5264, 39.2709)
Luminance	0.8052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E993 #93A3F9

analogous

#F9B693 #F9E993 #D6F993

triadic

#F9E993 #93F9E9 #E993F9

tetradic

#F9E993 #93F9B6 #93A3F9 #F993D6

square

#F9E993 #93F9B6 #93A3F9 #F993D6

split-complementary

#F9E993 #93D6F9 #B693F9

monochromatic

#F3D11F #F6DD59 #F9E993 #FCF5CD #FDF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#F9E993 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.10

#F9E993 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E993

17.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E993	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E993	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)

#F8E48C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEB96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e993;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 233, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.108 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdefb4',
    500: '#f9e993',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e993;
$custom-light: #fdefb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e993",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.588,
    "s": 89.474,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92818,
    "c": 0.10785,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.80524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E993

secondary

#586CD9

accent

#24E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E993

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

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