#F9EFCD#F9EFCD

#F9EFCD is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.863; OKLCH L 95.1% C 0.046 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EFCD
RGB	rgb(249, 239, 205)
HSL	hsl(46, 79%, 89%)
HSV	hsv(46, 18%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 17.7%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.43, -2.05, 17.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.43, 17.79, 96.62°)
OKLab	oklab(95.13% -0.0028 0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(95.13% 0.046 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(80.9523, 86.2818, 70.1353)
Luminance	0.8628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EFCD #CDD7F9

analogous

#F9D9CD #F9EFCD #EDF9CD

triadic

#F9EFCD #CDF9EF #EFCDF9

tetradic

#F9EFCD #CDF9D9 #CDD7F9 #F9CDED

square

#F9EFCD #CDF9D9 #CDD7F9 #F9CDED

split-complementary

#F9EFCD #CDEDF9 #D9CDF9

monochromatic

#ECCC60 #F2DE96 #F9EFCD #FCF6E4 #FCF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#F9EFCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.26

#F9EFCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EFCD

18.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EFCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EFCD	1.00	1.15	18.26	18.26
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7EDCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAF0CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEAE5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9efcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 239, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.1% 0.046 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbf4dc',
    500: '#f9efcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9efcd;
$custom-light: #fbf4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9efcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 78.571,
    "l": 89.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95131,
    "c": 0.04566,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.86281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EFCD

secondary

#8C9FDE

accent

#3ADB0B

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFEFC

border

#D7D6D5

text

#171715

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EFCD

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

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