#F9ECBD#F9ECBD

#F9ECBD is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.838; OKLCH L 94.2% C 0.062 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9ECBD
RGB	rgb(249, 236, 189)
HSL	hsl(47, 83%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(47, 24%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 24.1%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.37, -2.79, 24.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.37, 24.58, 96.53°)
OKLab	oklab(94.19% -0.0048 0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(94.19% 0.062 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(78.2478, 83.8064, 60.1885)
Luminance	0.8380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9ECBD #BDCAF9

analogous

#F9CEBD #F9ECBD #E8F9BD

triadic

#F9ECBD #BDF9EC #ECBDF9

tetradic

#F9ECBD #BDF9CE #BDCAF9 #F9BDE8

square

#F9ECBD #BDF9CE #BDCAF9 #F9BDE8

split-complementary

#F9ECBD #BDE8F9 #CEBDF9

monochromatic

#EFCC4D #F4DC85 #F9ECBD #FCF7E3 #FCF7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#F9ECBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.76

#F9ECBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9ECBD

17.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9ECBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9ECBD	1.00	1.18	17.76	17.76
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E9BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAEEBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ecbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 236, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.2% 0.062 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbf2d1',
    500: '#f9ecbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ecbd;
$custom-light: #fbf2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ecbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47,
    "s": 83.333,
    "l": 85.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94187,
    "c": 0.06235,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.83805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9ECBD

secondary

#7D92DD

accent

#35E006

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFEFB

border

#D7D6D4

text

#171614

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9ECBD

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

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