#F9E473#F9E473

#F9E473 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.135 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E473
RGB	rgb(249, 228, 115)
HSL	hsl(51, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 53.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.26, -6.68, 56.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.26, 57.38, 96.69°)
OKLab	oklab(91.38% -0.0211 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(91.38% 0.135 99)
XYZ	xyz(69.9073, 76.8671, 27.3708)
Luminance	0.7686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E473 #7388F9

analogous

#F9A173 #F9E473 #CBF973

triadic

#F9E473 #73F9E4 #E473F9

tetradic

#F9E473 #73F9A1 #7388F9 #F973CB

square

#F9E473 #73F9A1 #7388F9 #F973CB

split-complementary

#F9E473 #73CBF9 #A173F9

monochromatic

#E8C50A #F6D938 #F9E473 #FCEFAE #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F9E473 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.37

#F9E473 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E473

16.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E473	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E473	1.00	1.28	16.37	16.37
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DF68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e473;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 228, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.135 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feec9e',
    500: '#f9e473',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e473;
$custom-light: #feec9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e473",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.597,
    "s": 91.781,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91376,
    "c": 0.13531,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.76864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E473

secondary

#3C54D4

accent

#24E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E473

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

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