#FFF9CB#FFF9CB

#FFF9CB is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.933; OKLCH L 97.5% C 0.060 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFF9CB
RGB	rgb(255, 249, 203)
HSL	hsl(53, 100%, 90%)
HSV	hsv(53, 20%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 20.4%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.36, -5.21, 22.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.36, 23.44, 102.84°)
OKLab	oklab(97.54% -0.0116 0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(97.54% 0.06 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(85.8948, 93.3244, 69.9769)
Luminance	0.9332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFF9CB #CBD1FF

analogous

#FFDFCB #FFF9CB #EBFFCB

triadic

#FFF9CB #CBFFF9 #F9CBFF

tetradic

#FFF9CB #CBFFDF #CBD1FF #FFCBEB

square

#FFF9CB #CBFFDF #CBD1FF #FFCBEB

split-complementary

#FFF9CB #CBEBFF #DFCBFF

monochromatic

#FFEB51 #FFF28E #FFF9CB #FFFBE0 #FFFBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.07

#FFF9CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.66

#FFF9CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFF9CB

19.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFF9CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFF9CB	1.00	1.07	19.66	19.66
#FFFFFF	1.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF6C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF2EC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F7F7F7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fff9cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 249, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.5% 0.060 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffbdb',
    500: '#fff9cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fff9cb;
$custom-light: #fffbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fff9cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 89.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9754,
    "c": 0.05957,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.93323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFF9CB

secondary

#8590E9

accent

#1AE600

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFFFB

border

#D7D7D4

text

#181715

muted

#868584

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFF9CB

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

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