#F9DD73#F9DD73

#F9DD73 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.130 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9DD73
RGB	rgb(249, 221, 115)
HSL	hsl(47, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(47, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 53.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.49, -3.16, 54.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.49, 55.00, 93.30°)
OKLab	oklab(89.98% -0.0109 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(89.98% 0.13 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(68.0204, 73.0935, 26.7419)
Luminance	0.7309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9DD73 #738FF9

analogous

#F99A73 #F9DD73 #D2F973

triadic

#F9DD73 #73F9DD #DD73F9

tetradic

#F9DD73 #73F99A #738FF9 #F973D2

square

#F9DD73 #73F99A #738FF9 #F973D2

split-complementary

#F9DD73 #73D2F9 #9A73F9

monochromatic

#E8B90A #F6CF38 #F9DD73 #FCEBAE #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#F9DD73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.62

#F9DD73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9DD73

15.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9DD73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9DD73	1.00	1.34	15.62	15.62
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D969

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E277

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9dd73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 221, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.130 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee79e',
    500: '#f9dd73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9dd73;
$custom-light: #fee79e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9dd73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.463,
    "s": 91.781,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89976,
    "c": 0.12961,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9DD73

secondary

#3C5CD4

accent

#30E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9DD73

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

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