#F9F896#F9F896

#F9F896 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.895; OKLCH L 95.9% C 0.120 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F896
RGB	rgb(249, 248, 150)
HSL	hsl(59, 89%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(59, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 39.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.78, -13.41, 47.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.78, 49.00, 105.88°)
OKLab	oklab(95.89% -0.0371 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(95.89% 0.12 108)
XYZ	xyz(78.1405, 89.4782, 42.0030)
Luminance	0.8948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F896 #9697F9

analogous

#F9C696 #F9F896 #C8F996

triadic

#F9F896 #96F9F8 #F896F9

tetradic

#F9F896 #96F9C6 #9697F9 #F996C8

square

#F9F896 #96F9C6 #9697F9 #F996C8

split-complementary

#F9F896 #96C8F9 #C696F9

monochromatic

#F2F022 #F6F45C #F9F896 #FCFCD0 #FDFDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.11

#F9F896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.90

#F9F896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F896

18.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F896	1.00	1.11	18.90	18.90
#FFFFFF	1.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF18E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF59A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEDE0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F3F3F3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 248, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.9% 0.120 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdfab6',
    500: '#f9f896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f896;
$custom-light: #fdfab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.394,
    "s": 89.189,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95893,
    "c": 0.12031,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.89477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F896

secondary

#5A5CD9

accent

#02E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF8

border

#D7D7D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F896

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

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