#F9ECBB#F9ECBB

#F9ECBB is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.837; OKLCH L 94.1% C 0.065 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9ECBB
RGB	rgb(249, 236, 187)
HSL	hsl(47, 84%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(47, 25%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 24.9%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.33, -3.06, 25.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.33, 25.58, 96.88°)
OKLab	oklab(94.15% -0.0056 0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(94.15% 0.065 95)
XYZ	xyz(78.0322, 83.7202, 59.0531)
Luminance	0.8372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9ECBB #BBC8F9

analogous

#F9CDBB #F9ECBB #E7F9BB

triadic

#F9ECBB #BBF9EC #ECBBF9

tetradic

#F9ECBB #BBF9CD #BBC8F9 #F9BBE7

square

#F9ECBB #BBF9CD #BBC8F9 #F9BBE7

split-complementary

#F9ECBB #BBE7F9 #CDBBF9

monochromatic

#EFCD4B #F4DC83 #F9ECBB #FDF7E3 #FDF7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#F9ECBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.74

#F9ECBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9ECBB

17.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9ECBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9ECBB	1.00	1.18	17.74	17.74
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E9B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAEEBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ecbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 236, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.1% 0.065 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcf2cf',
    500: '#f9ecbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ecbb;
$custom-light: #fcf2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ecbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.419,
    "s": 83.784,
    "l": 85.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94145,
    "c": 0.06476,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.83718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9ECBB

secondary

#7B90DD

accent

#33E005

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFEFB

border

#D7D6D4

text

#171614

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9ECBB

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

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