#F9EF86#F9EF86

#F9EF86 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.836; OKLCH L 93.8% C 0.127 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EF86
RGB	rgb(249, 239, 134)
HSL	hsl(55, 91%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(55, 46%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 46.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.27, -10.54, 51.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.27, 52.76, 101.53°)
OKLab	oklab(93.84% -0.0302 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(93.84% 0.127 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(74.2383, 83.5962, 34.7747)
Luminance	0.8359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EF86 #8690F9

analogous

#F9B686 #F9EF86 #C9F986

triadic

#F9EF86 #86F9EF #EF86F9

tetradic

#F9EF86 #86F9B6 #8690F9 #F986C9

square

#F9EF86 #86F9B6 #8690F9 #F986C9

split-complementary

#F9EF86 #86C9F9 #B686F9

monochromatic

#F3E011 #F6E74C #F9EF86 #FCF7C0 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#F9EF86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.72

#F9EF86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EF86

17.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EF86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EF86	1.00	1.19	17.72	17.72
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE87D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ef86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 239, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.8% 0.127 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf4ab',
    500: '#f9ef86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ef86;
$custom-light: #fdf4ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ef86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 90.551,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93836,
    "c": 0.12733,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.83594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EF86

secondary

#4C58D7

accent

#14E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EF86

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

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