#F9EA97#F9EA97

#F9EA97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.812; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.104 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EA97
RGB	rgb(249, 234, 151)
HSL	hsl(51, 89%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(51, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 39.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.23, -6.38, 42.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.23, 42.60, 98.61°)
OKLab	oklab(93.08% -0.0168 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(93.08% 0.104 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(74.0771, 81.2219, 41.0474)
Luminance	0.8122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EA97 #97A6F9

analogous

#F9B997 #F9EA97 #D7F997

triadic

#F9EA97 #97F9EA #EA97F9

tetradic

#F9EA97 #97F9B9 #97A6F9 #F997D7

square

#F9EA97 #97F9B9 #97A6F9 #F997D7

split-complementary

#F9EA97 #97D7F9 #B997F9

monochromatic

#F2D323 #F6DE5D #F9EA97 #FCF6D1 #FDF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#F9EA97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.24

#F9EA97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EA97

17.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EA97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EA97	1.00	1.22	17.24	17.24
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEB9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ea97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 234, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.104 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcf0b6',
    500: '#f9ea97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ea97;
$custom-light: #fcf0b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ea97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.816,
    "s": 89.091,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93082,
    "c": 0.10446,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.8122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EA97

secondary

#5B6ED9

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EA97

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

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