#F9EFBF#F9EFBF

#F9EFBF is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.856; OKLCH L 94.8% C 0.063 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EFBF
RGB	rgb(249, 239, 191)
HSL	hsl(50, 83%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(50, 23%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 23.3%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.16, -4.03, 24.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.16, 24.81, 99.36°)
OKLab	oklab(94.82% -0.0083 0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(94.82% 0.063 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(79.3374, 85.6358, 61.6301)
Luminance	0.8563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EFBF #BFC9F9

analogous

#F9D2BF #F9EFBF #E6F9BF

triadic

#F9EFBF #BFF9EF #EFBFF9

tetradic

#F9EFBF #BFF9D2 #BFC9F9 #F9BFE6

square

#F9EFBF #BFF9D2 #BFC9F9 #F9BFE6

split-complementary

#F9EFBF #BFE6F9 #D2BFF9

monochromatic

#EFD34F #F4E187 #F9EFBF #FCF8E3 #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#F9EFBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.13

#F9EFBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EFBF

18.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EFBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EFBF	1.00	1.16	18.13	18.13
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9ECBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCF0C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE8E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9efbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 239, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.8% 0.063 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbf4d2',
    500: '#f9efbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9efbf;
$custom-light: #fbf4d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9efbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 82.857,
    "l": 86.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94822,
    "c": 0.06289,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.85634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EFBF

secondary

#7F8FDD

accent

#2CDF06

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFEFB

border

#D7D6D4

text

#171714

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EFBF

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

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