#F9F296#F9F296

#F9F296 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.858; OKLCH L 94.7% C 0.114 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F296
RGB	rgb(249, 242, 150)
HSL	hsl(56, 89%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(56, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 39.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.25, -10.46, 45.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.25, 46.39, 103.03°)
OKLab	oklab(94.68% -0.0286 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(94.68% 0.114 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(76.3254, 85.8479, 41.3979)
Luminance	0.8585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F296 #969DF9

analogous

#F9C096 #F9F296 #CEF996

triadic

#F9F296 #96F9F2 #F296F9

tetradic

#F9F296 #96F9C0 #969DF9 #F996CE

square

#F9F296 #96F9C0 #969DF9 #F996CE

split-complementary

#F9F296 #96CEF9 #C096F9

monochromatic

#F2E422 #F6EB5C #F9F296 #FCF9D0 #FDFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#F9F296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.17

#F9F296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F296

18.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F296	1.00	1.16	18.17	18.17
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEC8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF19A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE7DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 242, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.7% 0.114 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf6b6',
    500: '#f9f296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f296;
$custom-light: #fdf6b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.758,
    "s": 89.189,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94676,
    "c": 0.11371,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.85846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F296

secondary

#5A63D9

accent

#10E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F296

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

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