#F9EDBB#F9EDBB

#F9EDBB is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.843; OKLCH L 94.3% C 0.066 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EDBB
RGB	rgb(249, 237, 187)
HSL	hsl(48, 84%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(48, 25%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 24.9%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.58, -3.57, 25.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.58, 25.99, 97.89°)
OKLab	oklab(94.34% -0.007 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(94.34% 0.066 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(78.3210, 84.2976, 59.1493)
Luminance	0.8430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EDBB #BBC7F9

analogous

#F9CEBB #F9EDBB #E6F9BB

triadic

#F9EDBB #BBF9ED #EDBBF9

tetradic

#F9EDBB #BBF9CE #BBC7F9 #F9BBE6

square

#F9EDBB #BBF9CE #BBC7F9 #F9BBE6

split-complementary

#F9EDBB #BBE6F9 #CEBBF9

monochromatic

#EFCF4B #F4DE83 #F9EDBB #FDF8E3 #FDF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#F9EDBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.86

#F9EDBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EDBB

17.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EDBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EDBB	1.00	1.18	17.86	17.86
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7EAB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBEEBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9edbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 237, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.3% 0.066 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbf2cf',
    500: '#f9edbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9edbb;
$custom-light: #fbf2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9edbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.387,
    "s": 83.784,
    "l": 85.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94343,
    "c": 0.06573,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.84296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EDBB

secondary

#7B8EDD

accent

#30E005

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFEFB

border

#D7D6D4

text

#171714

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EDBB

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

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