#F9F2CD#F9F2CD

#F9F2CD is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.881; OKLCH L 95.7% C 0.049 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F2CD
RGB	rgb(249, 242, 205)
HSL	hsl(50, 79%, 89%)
HSV	hsv(50, 18%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 17.7%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.18, -3.56, 18.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.18, 19.06, 100.78°)
OKLab	oklab(95.72% -0.0071 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(95.72% 0.049 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(81.8379, 88.0529, 70.4305)
Luminance	0.8805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F2CD #CDD4F9

analogous

#F9DCCD #F9F2CD #EAF9CD

triadic

#F9F2CD #CDF9F2 #F2CDF9

tetradic

#F9F2CD #CDF9DC #CDD4F9 #F9CDEA

square

#F9F2CD #CDF9DC #CDD4F9 #F9CDEA

split-complementary

#F9F2CD #CDEAF9 #DCCDF9

monochromatic

#ECD660 #F2E496 #F9F2CD #FCF8E4 #FCF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.13

#F9F2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.61

#F9F2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F2CD

18.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F2CD	1.00	1.13	18.61	18.61
#FFFFFF	1.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAEFCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCF2CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFECE8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F1F1F1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 242, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.7% 0.049 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbf6dc',
    500: '#f9f2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f2cd;
$custom-light: #fbf6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.455,
    "s": 78.571,
    "l": 89.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95723,
    "c": 0.04872,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.88052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F2CD

secondary

#8C99DE

accent

#2CDB0B

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFEFC

border

#D7D6D5

text

#171715

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F2CD

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

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