#F9E373#F9E373

#F9E373 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.763; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.134 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E373
RGB	rgb(249, 227, 115)
HSL	hsl(50, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 53.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.01, -6.18, 56.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.01, 57.02, 96.23°)
OKLab	oklab(91.18% -0.0196 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(91.18% 0.134 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(69.6330, 76.3185, 27.2794)
Luminance	0.7632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E373 #7389F9

analogous

#F9A073 #F9E373 #CCF973

triadic

#F9E373 #73F9E3 #E373F9

tetradic

#F9E373 #73F9A0 #7389F9 #F973CC

square

#F9E373 #73F9A0 #7389F9 #F973CC

split-complementary

#F9E373 #73CCF9 #A073F9

monochromatic

#E8C30A #F6D738 #F9E373 #FCEFAE #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F9E373 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.26

#F9E373 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E373

16.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E373	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E373	1.00	1.29	16.26	16.26
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DE68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e373;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 227, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.134 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeb9e',
    500: '#f9e373',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e373;
$custom-light: #feeb9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e373",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.149,
    "s": 91.781,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91175,
    "c": 0.13446,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.76316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E373

secondary

#3C55D4

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E373

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

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