#F9EF8D#F9EF8D

#F9EF8D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.838; OKLCH L 93.9% C 0.120 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EF8D
RGB	rgb(249, 239, 141)
HSL	hsl(54, 90%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(54, 43%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 43.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.36, -9.88, 48.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.36, 49.45, 101.53°)
OKLab	oklab(93.94% -0.0277 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(93.94% 0.12 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(74.7428, 83.7979, 37.4315)
Luminance	0.8380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EF8D #8D97F9

analogous

#F9B98D #F9EF8D #CDF98D

triadic

#F9EF8D #8DF9EF #EF8DF9

tetradic

#F9EF8D #8DF9B9 #8D97F9 #F98DCD

square

#F9EF8D #8DF9B9 #8D97F9 #F98DCD

split-complementary

#F9EF8D #8DCDF9 #B98DF9

monochromatic

#F3DF19 #F6E753 #F9EF8D #FCF7C7 #FDFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#F9EF8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.76

#F9EF8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EF8D

17.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EF8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EF8D	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)

#FFE985

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ef8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 239, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.9% 0.120 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf4b0',
    500: '#f9ef8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ef8d;
$custom-light: #fdf4b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ef8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.444,
    "s": 90,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93935,
    "c": 0.12015,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.83796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EF8D

secondary

#525FD8

accent

#15E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EF8D

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

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