#F9EB8A#F9EB8A

#F9EB8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.814; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.119 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EB8A
RGB	rgb(249, 235, 138)
HSL	hsl(52, 90%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(52, 45%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 44.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.31, -8.18, 48.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.31, 49.27, 99.56°)
OKLab	oklab(93.09% -0.0231 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(93.09% 0.119 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(73.3645, 81.3937, 35.8858)
Luminance	0.8139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EB8A #8A98F9

analogous

#F9B38A #F9EB8A #D0F98A

triadic

#F9EB8A #8AF9EB #EB8AF9

tetradic

#F9EB8A #8AF9B3 #8A98F9 #F98AD0

square

#F9EB8A #8AF9B3 #8A98F9 #F98AD0

split-complementary

#F9EB8A #8AD0F9 #B38AF9

monochromatic

#F3D716 #F6E150 #F9EB8A #FCF5C4 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#F9EB8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.28

#F9EB8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EB8A

17.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EB8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EB8A	1.00	1.22	17.28	17.28
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9eb8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 235, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.119 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf1ae',
    500: '#f9eb8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9eb8a;
$custom-light: #fdf1ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9eb8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.432,
    "s": 90.244,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93085,
    "c": 0.11928,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.81391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EB8A

secondary

#5061D7

accent

#1DE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EB8A

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

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