#F9D873#F9D873

#F9D873 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.705; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.126 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D873
RGB	rgb(249, 216, 115)
HSL	hsl(45, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(45, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 53.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.24, -0.62, 53.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.24, 53.43, 90.67°)
OKLab	oklab(88.99% -0.0036 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(88.99% 0.126 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(66.7199, 70.4925, 26.3084)
Luminance	0.7049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D873 #7394F9

analogous

#F99573 #F9D873 #D7F973

triadic

#F9D873 #73F9D8 #D873F9

tetradic

#F9D873 #73F995 #7394F9 #F973D7

square

#F9D873 #73F995 #7394F9 #F973D7

split-complementary

#F9D873 #73D7F9 #9573F9

monochromatic

#E8B10A #F6C838 #F9D873 #FCE8AE #FEF7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#F9D873 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.10

#F9D873 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D873

15.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D873	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D873	1.00	1.39	15.10	15.10
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD56A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d873;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 216, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.126 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee39e',
    500: '#f9d873',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d873;
$custom-light: #fee39e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d873",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.224,
    "s": 91.781,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88986,
    "c": 0.12597,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D873

secondary

#3C61D4

accent

#39E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D873

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

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