#F9EA95#F9EA95

#F9EA95 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.812; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.107 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EA95
RGB	rgb(249, 234, 149)
HSL	hsl(51, 89%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(51, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 40.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.20, -6.59, 43.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.20, 43.58, 98.69°)
OKLab	oklab(93.05% -0.0175 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(93.05% 0.107 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(73.9161, 81.1575, 40.1993)
Luminance	0.8115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EA95 #95A4F9

analogous

#F9B895 #F9EA95 #D6F995

triadic

#F9EA95 #95F9EA #EA95F9

tetradic

#F9EA95 #95F9B8 #95A4F9 #F995D6

square

#F9EA95 #95F9B8 #95A4F9 #F995D6

split-complementary

#F9EA95 #95D6F9 #B895F9

monochromatic

#F2D321 #F6DF5B #F9EA95 #FCF5CF #FDF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#F9EA95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.23

#F9EA95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EA95

17.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EA95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EA95	1.00	1.22	17.23	17.23
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E58F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEB98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ea95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 234, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.107 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf0b5',
    500: '#f9ea95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ea95;
$custom-light: #fdf0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ea95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 89.286,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9305,
    "c": 0.10664,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.81155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EA95

secondary

#596DD9

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EA95

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

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