#F9EA8A#F9EA8A

#F9EA8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.808; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.118 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EA8A
RGB	rgb(249, 234, 138)
HSL	hsl(52, 90%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(52, 45%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 44.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.05, -7.69, 48.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.05, 48.88, 99.05°)
OKLab	oklab(92.88% -0.0216 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(92.88% 0.118 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(73.0790, 80.8227, 35.7906)
Luminance	0.8082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EA8A #8A99F9

analogous

#F9B28A #F9EA8A #D0F98A

triadic

#F9EA8A #8AF9EA #EA8AF9

tetradic

#F9EA8A #8AF9B2 #8A99F9 #F98AD0

square

#F9EA8A #8AF9B2 #8A99F9 #F98AD0

split-complementary

#F9EA8A #8AD0F9 #B28AF9

monochromatic

#F3D516 #F6E050 #F9EA8A #FCF4C4 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#F9EA8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.16

#F9EA8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EA8A

17.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EA8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EA8A	1.00	1.22	17.16	17.16
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ea8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 234, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.118 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf0ae',
    500: '#f9ea8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ea8a;
$custom-light: #fdf0ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ea8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.892,
    "s": 90.244,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92883,
    "c": 0.11832,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.8082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EA8A

secondary

#5062D7

accent

#1FE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EA8A

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

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