#F9EE8A#F9EE8A

#F9EE8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.831; OKLCH L 93.7% C 0.122 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EE8A
RGB	rgb(249, 238, 138)
HSL	hsl(54, 90%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(54, 45%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 44.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.07, -9.68, 49.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.07, 50.47, 101.05°)
OKLab	oklab(93.69% -0.0274 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(93.69% 0.122 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(74.2306, 83.1260, 36.1745)
Luminance	0.8312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EE8A #8A95F9

analogous

#F9B68A #F9EE8A #CCF98A

triadic

#F9EE8A #8AF9EE #EE8AF9

tetradic

#F9EE8A #8AF9B6 #8A95F9 #F98ACC

square

#F9EE8A #8AF9B6 #8A95F9 #F98ACC

split-complementary

#F9EE8A #8ACCF9 #B68AF9

monochromatic

#F3DD16 #F6E650 #F9EE8A #FCF6C4 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#F9EE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.62

#F9EE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EE8A

17.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EE8A	1.00	1.19	17.62	17.62
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE882

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ee8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 238, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.7% 0.122 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf3ae',
    500: '#f9ee8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ee8a;
$custom-light: #fdf3ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ee8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.054,
    "s": 90.244,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9369,
    "c": 0.12225,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.83124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EE8A

secondary

#505DD7

accent

#17E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EE8A

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

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