#F9E073#F9E073

#F9E073 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.132 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E073
RGB	rgb(249, 224, 115)
HSL	hsl(49, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(49, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 53.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.25, -4.68, 55.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.25, 55.99, 94.79°)
OKLab	oklab(90.57% -0.0153 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(90.57% 0.132 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(68.8196, 74.6918, 27.0083)
Luminance	0.7469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E073 #738CF9

analogous

#F99D73 #F9E073 #CFF973

triadic

#F9E073 #73F9E0 #E073F9

tetradic

#F9E073 #73F99D #738CF9 #F973CF

square

#F9E073 #73F99D #738CF9 #F973CF

split-complementary

#F9E073 #73CFF9 #9D73F9

monochromatic

#E8BE0A #F6D338 #F9E073 #FCEDAE #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#F9E073 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.94

#F9E073 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E073

15.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E073	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E073	1.00	1.32	15.94	15.94
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DB69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e073;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 224, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.132 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee99e',
    500: '#f9e073',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e073;
$custom-light: #fee99e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e073",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.806,
    "s": 91.781,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90574,
    "c": 0.13198,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E073

secondary

#3C58D4

accent

#2BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E073

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

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