#F9EA98#F9EA98

#F9EA98 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.813; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.103 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EA98
RGB	rgb(249, 234, 152)
HSL	hsl(51, 89%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(51, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 39%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.24, -6.27, 41.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.24, 42.12, 98.56°)
OKLab	oklab(93.1% -0.0164 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(93.1% 0.103 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(74.1587, 81.2546, 41.4769)
Luminance	0.8125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EA98 #98A7F9

analogous

#F9B998 #F9EA98 #D7F998

triadic

#F9EA98 #98F9EA #EA98F9

tetradic

#F9EA98 #98F9B9 #98A7F9 #F998D7

square

#F9EA98 #98F9B9 #98A7F9 #F998D7

split-complementary

#F9EA98 #98D7F9 #B998F9

monochromatic

#F2D224 #F6DE5E #F9EA98 #FCF6D2 #FDF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#F9EA98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.25

#F9EA98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EA98

17.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EA98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EA98	1.00	1.22	17.25	17.25
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E592

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEB9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ea98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 234, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.103 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcf0b7',
    500: '#f9ea98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ea98;
$custom-light: #fcf0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ea98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.722,
    "s": 88.991,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93098,
    "c": 0.10336,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.81252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EA98

secondary

#5C6FD9

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EA98

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

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