#F9DC73#F9DC73

#F9DC73 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.129 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9DC73
RGB	rgb(249, 220, 115)
HSL	hsl(47, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(47, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 53.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.24, -2.66, 54.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.24, 54.68, 92.78°)
OKLab	oklab(89.78% -0.0095 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(89.78% 0.129 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(67.7572, 72.5670, 26.6541)
Luminance	0.7256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9DC73 #7390F9

analogous

#F99973 #F9DC73 #D3F973

triadic

#F9DC73 #73F9DC #DC73F9

tetradic

#F9DC73 #73F999 #7390F9 #F973D3

square

#F9DC73 #73F999 #7390F9 #F973D3

split-complementary

#F9DC73 #73D3F9 #9973F9

monochromatic

#E8B80A #F6CD38 #F9DC73 #FCEBAE #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#F9DC73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.51

#F9DC73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9DC73

15.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9DC73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9DC73	1.00	1.35	15.51	15.51
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD869

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E177

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9dc73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 220, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.129 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee69e',
    500: '#f9dc73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9dc73;
$custom-light: #fee69e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9dc73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.015,
    "s": 91.781,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89778,
    "c": 0.12886,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9DC73

secondary

#3C5DD4

accent

#32E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9DC73

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

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