#F9E573#F9E573

#F9E573 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.136 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E573
RGB	rgb(249, 229, 115)
HSL	hsl(51, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 53.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.51, -7.19, 57.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.51, 57.73, 97.15°)
OKLab	oklab(91.58% -0.0225 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(91.58% 0.136 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(70.1831, 77.4189, 27.4628)
Luminance	0.7742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E573 #7387F9

analogous

#F9A273 #F9E573 #CAF973

triadic

#F9E573 #73F9E5 #E573F9

tetradic

#F9E573 #73F9A2 #7387F9 #F973CA

square

#F9E573 #73F9A2 #7387F9 #F973CA

split-complementary

#F9E573 #73CAF9 #A273F9

monochromatic

#E8C70A #F6DA38 #F9E573 #FCF0AE #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F9E573 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.48

#F9E573 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E573

16.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E573	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E573	1.00	1.27	16.48	16.48
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DF68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e573;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 229, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.136 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feed9e',
    500: '#f9e573',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e573;
$custom-light: #feed9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e573",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.045,
    "s": 91.781,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91577,
    "c": 0.13618,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E573

secondary

#3C53D4

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E573

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

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