#F9F899#F9F899

#F9F899 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.896; OKLCH L 95.9% C 0.117 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F899
RGB	rgb(249, 248, 153)
HSL	hsl(59, 89%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(59, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 38.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.82, -13.10, 45.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.82, 47.57, 105.98°)
OKLab	oklab(95.94% -0.036 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(95.94% 0.117 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(78.3852, 89.5761, 43.2915)
Luminance	0.8957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F899 #999AF9

analogous

#F9C899 #F9F899 #CAF999

triadic

#F9F899 #99F9F8 #F899F9

tetradic

#F9F899 #99F9C8 #999AF9 #F999CA

square

#F9F899 #99F9C8 #999AF9 #F999CA

split-complementary

#F9F899 #99CAF9 #C899F9

monochromatic

#F2F025 #F6F45F #F9F899 #FCFCD3 #FDFDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.11

#F9F899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.91

#F9F899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F899

18.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F899	1.00	1.11	18.91	18.91
#FFFFFF	1.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF192

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF59D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEDE1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F3F3F3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 248, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.9% 0.117 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcfab8',
    500: '#f9f899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f899;
$custom-light: #fcfab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.375,
    "s": 88.889,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95939,
    "c": 0.11709,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.89574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F899

secondary

#5D5ED9

accent

#02E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF8

border

#D7D7D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F899

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

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