#F9F8A2#F9F8A2

#F9F8A2 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.899; OKLCH L 96.1% C 0.107 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F8A2
RGB	rgb(249, 248, 162)
HSL	hsl(59, 88%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(59, 35%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 34.9%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.95, -12.12, 41.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.95, 43.22, 106.28°)
OKLab	oklab(96.08% -0.0325 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(96.08% 0.107 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(79.1568, 89.8847, 47.3550)
Luminance	0.8988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F8A2 #A2A3F9

analogous

#F9CCA2 #F9F8A2 #CEF9A2

triadic

#F9F8A2 #A2F9F8 #F8A2F9

tetradic

#F9F8A2 #A2F9CC #A2A3F9 #F9A2CE

square

#F9F8A2 #A2F9CC #A2A3F9 #F9A2CE

split-complementary

#F9F8A2 #A2CEF9 #CCA2F9

monochromatic

#F2EF2F #F5F469 #F9F8A2 #FDFCDB #FDFDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.11

#F9F8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.98

#F9F8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F8A2

18.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F8A2	1.00	1.11	18.98	18.98
#FFFFFF	1.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF19C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF5A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEEE2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F3F3F3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 248, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.1% 0.107 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcfabe',
    500: '#f9f8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f8a2;
$custom-light: #fcfabe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.31,
    "s": 87.879,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.96082,
    "c": 0.10715,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.89883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F8A2

secondary

#6566DA

accent

#04E401

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF8

border

#D7D7D1

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F8A2

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

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