#F9EF8E#F9EF8E

#F9EF8E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.838; OKLCH L 93.9% C 0.119 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EF8E
RGB	rgb(249, 239, 142)
HSL	hsl(54, 90%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(54, 43%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 43%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.38, -9.78, 47.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.38, 48.97, 101.52°)
OKLab	oklab(93.95% -0.0273 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(93.95% 0.119 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(74.8175, 83.8278, 37.8252)
Luminance	0.8383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EF8E #8E98F9

analogous

#F9BA8E #F9EF8E #CDF98E

triadic

#F9EF8E #8EF9EF #EF8EF9

tetradic

#F9EF8E #8EF9BA #8E98F9 #F98ECD

square

#F9EF8E #8EF9BA #8E98F9 #F98ECD

split-complementary

#F9EF8E #8ECDF9 #BA8EF9

monochromatic

#F3DF1A #F6E754 #F9EF8E #FCF7C8 #FDFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#F9EF8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.77

#F9EF8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EF8E

17.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EF8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EF8E	1.00	1.18	17.77	17.77
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE986

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ef8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 239, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.9% 0.119 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf4b0',
    500: '#f9ef8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ef8e;
$custom-light: #fdf4b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ef8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.393,
    "s": 89.916,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93949,
    "c": 0.1191,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.83826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EF8E

secondary

#5360D8

accent

#15E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EF8E

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