#F9F396#F9F396

#F9F396 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.864; OKLCH L 94.9% C 0.115 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F396
RGB	rgb(249, 243, 150)
HSL	hsl(56, 89%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(56, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 39.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.50, -10.95, 45.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.50, 46.82, 103.53°)
OKLab	oklab(94.88% -0.03 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(94.88% 0.115 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(76.6238, 86.4448, 41.4974)
Luminance	0.8644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F396 #969CF9

analogous

#F9C196 #F9F396 #CDF996

triadic

#F9F396 #96F9F3 #F396F9

tetradic

#F9F396 #96F9C1 #969CF9 #F996CD

square

#F9F396 #96F9C1 #969CF9 #F996CD

split-complementary

#F9F396 #96CDF9 #C196F9

monochromatic

#F2E622 #F6EC5C #F9F396 #FCFAD0 #FDFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#F9F396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.29

#F9F396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F396

18.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F396	1.00	1.15	18.29	18.29
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFED8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF19A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE8DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 243, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.9% 0.115 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf6b6',
    500: '#f9f396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f396;
$custom-light: #fdf6b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 243,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 89.189,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94878,
    "c": 0.11479,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.86443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F396

secondary

#5A62D9

accent

#0EE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F396

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

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