#F9F8EA#F9F8EA

#F9F8EA is a very light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.932; OKLCH L 97.6% C 0.018 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F8EA
RGB	rgb(249, 248, 234)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 95%)
HSV	hsv(56, 6%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.31, -2.06, 6.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.31, 7.14, 106.75°)
OKLab	oklab(97.61% -0.0043 0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(97.61% 0.018 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(87.4836, 93.2154, 91.2096)
Luminance	0.9322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F8EA #EAEBF9

analogous

#F9F1EA #F9F8EA #F3F9EA

triadic

#F9F8EA #EAF9F8 #F8EAF9

tetradic

#F9F8EA #EAF9F1 #EAEBF9 #F9EAF3

square

#F9F8EA #EAF9F1 #EAEBF9 #F9EAF3

split-complementary

#F9F8EA #EAF3F9 #F1EAF9

monochromatic

#DED88B #EBE8BA #F8F7E7 #F8F7E7 #F8F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.07

#F9F8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.64

#F9F8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F8EA

19.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F8EA	1.00	1.07	19.64	19.64
#FFFFFF	1.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBF7E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBF8EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCF6F4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F7F7F7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 248, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.6% 0.018 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbfaf0',
    500: '#f9f8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f8ea;
$custom-light: #fbfaf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 94.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.97612,
    "c": 0.01844,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.93215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F8EA

secondary

#ADB0DB

accent

#2DC322

background

#FFFFFF

surface

#FFFFFE

border

#D7D7D6

text

#171716

muted

#858585

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F8EA

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

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