#F9EC73#F9EC73

#F9EC73 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.814; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.143 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EC73
RGB	rgb(249, 236, 115)
HSL	hsl(54, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(54, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 53.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.30, -10.67, 59.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.30, 60.30, 100.19°)
OKLab	oklab(92.99% -0.0325 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(92.99% 0.143 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(72.1592, 81.3709, 28.1214)
Luminance	0.8137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EC73 #7380F9

analogous

#F9A973 #F9EC73 #C3F973

triadic

#F9EC73 #73F9EC #EC73F9

tetradic

#F9EC73 #73F9A9 #7380F9 #F973C3

square

#F9EC73 #73F9A9 #7380F9 #F973C3

split-complementary

#F9EC73 #73C3F9 #A973F9

monochromatic

#E8D20A #F6E438 #F9EC73 #FCF4AE #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#F9EC73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.27

#F9EC73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EC73

17.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EC73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EC73	1.00	1.22	17.27	17.27
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE567

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ec73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 236, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.143 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef19f',
    500: '#f9ec73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ec73;
$custom-light: #fef19f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ec73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.179,
    "s": 91.781,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92991,
    "c": 0.14254,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.81368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EC73

secondary

#3C4BD4

accent

#16E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EC73

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

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