#F9ECBC#F9ECBC

#F9ECBC is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.838; OKLCH L 94.2% C 0.064 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9ECBC
RGB	rgb(249, 236, 188)
HSL	hsl(47, 84%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(47, 24%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 24.5%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.35, -2.93, 24.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.35, 25.08, 96.70°)
OKLab	oklab(94.17% -0.0052 0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(94.17% 0.064 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(78.1397, 83.7631, 59.6188)
Luminance	0.8376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9ECBC #BCC9F9

analogous

#F9CDBC #F9ECBC #E7F9BC

triadic

#F9ECBC #BCF9EC #ECBCF9

tetradic

#F9ECBC #BCF9CD #BCC9F9 #F9BCE7

square

#F9ECBC #BCF9CD #BCC9F9 #F9BCE7

split-complementary

#F9ECBC #BCE7F9 #CDBCF9

monochromatic

#EFCC4C #F4DC84 #F9ECBC #FCF7E3 #FCF7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#F9ECBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.75

#F9ECBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9ECBC

17.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9ECBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9ECBC	1.00	1.18	17.75	17.75
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E9B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAEEBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ecbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 236, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.2% 0.064 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbf2d0',
    500: '#f9ecbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ecbc;
$custom-light: #fbf2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ecbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.213,
    "s": 83.562,
    "l": 85.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94166,
    "c": 0.06355,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.83761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9ECBC

secondary

#7C91DD

accent

#34E006

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFEFB

border

#D7D6D4

text

#171614

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9ECBC

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

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