#F9F38E#F9F38E

#F9F38E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.862; OKLCH L 94.8% C 0.123 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F38E
RGB	rgb(249, 243, 142)
HSL	hsl(57, 90%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(57, 43%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 43%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.40, -11.76, 49.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.40, 50.64, 103.43°)
OKLab	oklab(94.76% -0.033 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(94.76% 0.123 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(76.0015, 86.1959, 38.2198)
Luminance	0.8619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F38E #8E94F9

analogous

#F9BE8E #F9F38E #C9F98E

triadic

#F9F38E #8EF9F3 #F38EF9

tetradic

#F9F38E #8EF9BE #8E94F9 #F98EC9

square

#F9F38E #8EF9BE #8E94F9 #F98EC9

split-complementary

#F9F38E #8EC9F9 #BE8EF9

monochromatic

#F3E71A #F6ED54 #F9F38E #FCF9C8 #FDFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#F9F38E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.24

#F9F38E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F38E

18.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F38E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F38E	1.00	1.15	18.24	18.24
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEC86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF192

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE7DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f38e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 243, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.8% 0.123 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf6b1',
    500: '#f9f38e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f38e;
$custom-light: #fdf6b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f38e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 243,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.636,
    "s": 89.916,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94759,
    "c": 0.12327,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.86194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F38E

secondary

#535BD8

accent

#0DE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F38E

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

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