#F9EFBC#F9EFBC

#F9EFBC is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.855; OKLCH L 94.8% C 0.067 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EFBC
RGB	rgb(249, 239, 188)
HSL	hsl(50, 84%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(50, 24%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 24.5%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.10, -4.44, 25.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.10, 26.32, 99.71°)
OKLab	oklab(94.76% -0.0095 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(94.76% 0.067 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(79.0107, 85.5051, 59.9092)
Luminance	0.8550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EFBC #BCC6F9

analogous

#F9D0BC #F9EFBC #E4F9BC

triadic

#F9EFBC #BCF9EF #EFBCF9

tetradic

#F9EFBC #BCF9D0 #BCC6F9 #F9BCE4

square

#F9EFBC #BCF9D0 #BCC6F9 #F9BCE4

split-complementary

#F9EFBC #BCE4F9 #D0BCF9

monochromatic

#EFD44C #F4E284 #F9EFBC #FCF8E3 #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#F9EFBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.10

#F9EFBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EFBC

18.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EFBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EFBC	1.00	1.16	18.10	18.10
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9ECB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCF0BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE8E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9efbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 239, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.8% 0.067 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbf4d0',
    500: '#f9efbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9efbc;
$custom-light: #fbf4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9efbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.164,
    "s": 83.562,
    "l": 85.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9476,
    "c": 0.06655,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.85504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EFBC

secondary

#7C8CDD

accent

#29E006

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFEFB

border

#D7D6D4

text

#171714

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EFBC

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

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