#F9F596#F9F596

#F9F596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.876; OKLCH L 95.3% C 0.117 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F596
RGB	rgb(249, 245, 150)
HSL	hsl(58, 89%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(58, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 39.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.01, -11.94, 46.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.01, 47.68, 104.50°)
OKLab	oklab(95.28% -0.0329 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(95.28% 0.117 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(77.2256, 87.6483, 41.6980)
Luminance	0.8765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F596 #969AF9

analogous

#F9C396 #F9F596 #CBF996

triadic

#F9F596 #96F9F5 #F596F9

tetradic

#F9F596 #96F9C3 #969AF9 #F996CB

square

#F9F596 #96F9C3 #969AF9 #F996CB

split-complementary

#F9F596 #96CBF9 #C396F9

monochromatic

#F2EA22 #F6EF5C #F9F596 #FCFBD0 #FDFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.13

#F9F596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.53

#F9F596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F596

18.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F596	1.00	1.13	18.53	18.53
#FFFFFF	1.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEE8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF39A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEADE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F1F1F1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 245, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.3% 0.117 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf8b6',
    500: '#f9f596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f596;
$custom-light: #fdf8b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 245,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.576,
    "s": 89.189,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95283,
    "c": 0.11697,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.87647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F596

secondary

#5A5FD9

accent

#09E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F596

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

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