#F9E873#F9E873

#F9E873 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.791; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.139 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E873
RGB	rgb(249, 232, 115)
HSL	hsl(52, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(52, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 53.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.28, -8.68, 58.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.28, 58.81, 98.49°)
OKLab	oklab(92.18% -0.0268 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(92.18% 0.139 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(71.0204, 79.0934, 27.7419)
Luminance	0.7909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E873 #7384F9

analogous

#F9A573 #F9E873 #C7F973

triadic

#F9E873 #73F9E8 #E873F9

tetradic

#F9E873 #73F9A5 #7384F9 #F973C7

square

#F9E873 #73F9A5 #7384F9 #F973C7

split-complementary

#F9E873 #73C7F9 #A573F9

monochromatic

#E8CC0A #F6DE38 #F9E873 #FCF2AE #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#F9E873 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.82

#F9E873 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E873

16.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E873	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E873	1.00	1.25	16.82	16.82
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE268

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e873;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 232, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.139 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feef9e',
    500: '#f9e873',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e873;
$custom-light: #feef9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e873",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.388,
    "s": 91.781,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92181,
    "c": 0.13884,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.79091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E873

secondary

#3C4FD4

accent

#1DE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E873

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

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