#F9EFAA#F9EFAA

#F9EFAA is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.848; OKLCH L 94.4% C 0.088 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EFAA
RGB	rgb(249, 239, 170)
HSL	hsl(52, 87%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(52, 32%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 31.7%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.79, -6.73, 34.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.79, 35.31, 100.98°)
OKLab	oklab(94.41% -0.0166 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(94.41% 0.088 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(77.1899, 84.7768, 50.3198)
Luminance	0.8478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EFAA #AAB4F9

analogous

#F9C8AA #F9EFAA #DCF9AA

triadic

#F9EFAA #AAF9EF #EFAAF9

tetradic

#F9EFAA #AAF9C8 #AAB4F9 #F9AADC

square

#F9EFAA #AAF9C8 #AAB4F9 #F9AADC

split-complementary

#F9EFAA #AADCF9 #C8AAF9

monochromatic

#F1D938 #F5E471 #F9EFAA #FDFAE2 #FDFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#F9EFAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.95

#F9EFAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EFAA

17.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EFAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EFAA	1.00	1.17	17.95	17.95
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCEBA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEFAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE6DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9efaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 239, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.4% 0.088 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcf4c4',
    500: '#f9efaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9efaa;
$custom-light: #fcf4c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9efaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.405,
    "s": 86.813,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94409,
    "c": 0.088,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.84775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EFAA

secondary

#6C7ADB

accent

#1FE302

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#171712

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EFAA

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

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