#F9EF8A#F9EF8A

#F9EF8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.837; OKLCH L 93.9% C 0.123 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EF8A
RGB	rgb(249, 239, 138)
HSL	hsl(55, 90%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(55, 45%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 44.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.32, -10.17, 49.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.32, 50.87, 101.53°)
OKLab	oklab(93.89% -0.0288 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(93.89% 0.123 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(74.5226, 83.7099, 36.2718)
Luminance	0.8371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EF8A #8A94F9

analogous

#F9B78A #F9EF8A #CBF98A

triadic

#F9EF8A #8AF9EF #EF8AF9

tetradic

#F9EF8A #8AF9B7 #8A94F9 #F98ACB

square

#F9EF8A #8AF9B7 #8A94F9 #F98ACB

split-complementary

#F9EF8A #8ACBF9 #B78AF9

monochromatic

#F3DF16 #F6E750 #F9EF8A #FCF7C4 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#F9EF8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.74

#F9EF8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EF8A

17.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EF8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EF8A	1.00	1.18	17.74	17.74
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE982

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ef8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 239, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.9% 0.123 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf4ae',
    500: '#f9ef8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ef8a;
$custom-light: #fdf4ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ef8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.595,
    "s": 90.244,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93892,
    "c": 0.12325,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.83708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EF8A

secondary

#505CD7

accent

#15E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EF8A

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

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