#F9F697#F9F697

#F9F697 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.883; OKLCH L 95.5% C 0.117 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F697
RGB	rgb(249, 246, 151)
HSL	hsl(58, 89%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(58, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 39.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.28, -12.33, 46.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.28, 47.64, 105.00°)
OKLab	oklab(95.5% -0.0339 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(95.5% 0.117 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(77.6098, 88.2874, 42.2250)
Luminance	0.8829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F697 #979AF9

analogous

#F9C597 #F9F697 #CBF997

triadic

#F9F697 #97F9F6 #F697F9

tetradic

#F9F697 #97F9C5 #979AF9 #F997CB

square

#F9F697 #97F9C5 #979AF9 #F997CB

split-complementary

#F9F697 #97CBF9 #C597F9

monochromatic

#F2EC23 #F6F15D #F9F697 #FCFBD1 #FDFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.13

#F9F697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.66

#F9F697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F697

18.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F697	1.00	1.13	18.66	18.66
#FFFFFF	1.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEF90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF39B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEBDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F1F1F1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 246, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.5% 0.117 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf9b7',
    500: '#f9f697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f697;
$custom-light: #fdf9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 246,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.163,
    "s": 89.091,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95502,
    "c": 0.11699,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.88286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F697

secondary

#5B5FD9

accent

#07E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF8

border

#D7D7D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F697

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

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