#F9F699#F9F699

#F9F699 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.884; OKLCH L 95.5% C 0.115 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F699
RGB	rgb(249, 246, 153)
HSL	hsl(58, 89%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(58, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 38.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.31, -12.12, 45.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.31, 46.68, 105.05°)
OKLab	oklab(95.53% -0.0332 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(95.53% 0.115 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(77.7736, 88.3529, 43.0877)
Luminance	0.8835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F699 #999CF9

analogous

#F9C699 #F9F699 #CCF999

triadic

#F9F699 #99F9F6 #F699F9

tetradic

#F9F699 #99F9C6 #999CF9 #F999CC

square

#F9F699 #99F9C6 #999CF9 #F999CC

split-complementary

#F9F699 #99CCF9 #C699F9

monochromatic

#F2EC25 #F6F15F #F9F699 #FCFBD3 #FDFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.12

#F9F699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.67

#F9F699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F699

18.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F699	1.00	1.12	18.67	18.67
#FFFFFF	1.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEF92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF39D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEBDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F1F1F1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 246, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.5% 0.115 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcf9b8',
    500: '#f9f699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f699;
$custom-light: #fcf9b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 246,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.125,
    "s": 88.889,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95532,
    "c": 0.11483,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.88351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F699

secondary

#5D61D9

accent

#07E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF8

border

#D7D7D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F699

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

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