#F9E173#F9E173

#F9E173 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.133 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E173
RGB	rgb(249, 225, 115)
HSL	hsl(49, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(49, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 53.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.50, -5.18, 56.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.50, 56.33, 95.28°)
OKLab	oklab(90.77% -0.0167 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(90.77% 0.133 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(69.0891, 75.2308, 27.0981)
Luminance	0.7523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E173 #738BF9

analogous

#F99E73 #F9E173 #CEF973

triadic

#F9E173 #73F9E1 #E173F9

tetradic

#F9E173 #73F99E #738BF9 #F973CE

square

#F9E173 #73F99E #738BF9 #F973CE

split-complementary

#F9E173 #73CEF9 #9E73F9

monochromatic

#E8C00A #F6D438 #F9E173 #FCEEAE #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#F9E173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.05

#F9E173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E173

16.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E173	1.00	1.31	16.05	16.05
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DC69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE578

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 225, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.133 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feea9e',
    500: '#f9e173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e173;
$custom-light: #feea9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.254,
    "s": 91.781,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90774,
    "c": 0.13279,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.75228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E173

secondary

#3C57D4

accent

#29E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E173

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

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