#F9E773#F9E773

#F9E773 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.138 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E773
RGB	rgb(249, 231, 115)
HSL	hsl(52, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(52, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 53.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.02, -8.18, 57.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.02, 58.45, 98.05°)
OKLab	oklab(91.98% -0.0254 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(91.98% 0.138 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(70.7397, 78.5320, 27.6483)
Luminance	0.7853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E773 #7385F9

analogous

#F9A473 #F9E773 #C8F973

triadic

#F9E773 #73F9E7 #E773F9

tetradic

#F9E773 #73F9A4 #7385F9 #F973C8

square

#F9E773 #73F9A4 #7385F9 #F973C8

split-complementary

#F9E773 #73C8F9 #A473F9

monochromatic

#E8CA0A #F6DD38 #F9E773 #FCF1AE #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#F9E773 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.71

#F9E773 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E773

16.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E773	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E773	1.00	1.26	16.71	16.71
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E168

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE878

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e773;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 231, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.138 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feee9e',
    500: '#f9e773',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e773;
$custom-light: #feee9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e773",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.94,
    "s": 91.781,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9198,
    "c": 0.13794,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.78529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E773

secondary

#3C50D4

accent

#1FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E773

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

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