#FFF9AA#FFF9AA

#FFF9AA is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.919; OKLCH L 96.9% C 0.099 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFF9AA
RGB	rgb(255, 249, 170)
HSL	hsl(56, 100%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(56, 33%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 33.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(96.79, -9.44, 38.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(96.79, 39.84, 103.71°)
OKLab	oklab(96.9% -0.0246 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(96.9% 0.099 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(82.3722, 91.9154, 51.4246)
Luminance	0.9191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFF9AA #AAB0FF

analogous

#FFCEAA #FFF9AA #DAFFAA

triadic

#FFF9AA #AAFFF9 #F9AAFF

tetradic

#FFF9AA #AAFFCE #AAB0FF #FFAADA

square

#FFF9AA #AAFFCE #AAB0FF #FFAADA

split-complementary

#FFF9AA #AADAFF #CEAAFF

monochromatic

#FFF030 #FFF56D #FFF9AA #FFFDE0 #FFFDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.08

#FFF9AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.38

#FFF9AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFF9AA

19.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFF9AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFF9AA	1.00	1.08	19.38	19.38
#FFFFFF	1.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF3A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF8AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEFE5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F6F6F6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fff9aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 249, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.9% 0.099 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffbc4',
    500: '#fff9aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fff9aa;
$custom-light: #fffbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fff9aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.765,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.96898,
    "c": 0.09899,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.91914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFF9AA

secondary

#6971E4

accent

#10E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF9

border

#D7D7D2

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFF9AA

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

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