#F9ED73#F9ED73

#F9ED73 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.819; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.143 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9ED73
RGB	rgb(249, 237, 115)
HSL	hsl(55, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 53.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.55, -11.16, 59.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.55, 60.68, 100.60°)
OKLab	oklab(93.19% -0.0339 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(93.19% 0.143 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(72.4479, 81.9483, 28.2177)
Luminance	0.8195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9ED73 #737FF9

analogous

#F9AA73 #F9ED73 #C2F973

triadic

#F9ED73 #73F9ED #ED73F9

tetradic

#F9ED73 #73F9AA #737FF9 #F973C2

square

#F9ED73 #73F9AA #737FF9 #F973C2

split-complementary

#F9ED73 #73C2F9 #AA73F9

monochromatic

#E8D40A #F6E538 #F9ED73 #FCF5AE #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#F9ED73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.39

#F9ED73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9ED73

17.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9ED73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9ED73	1.00	1.21	17.39	17.39
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE667

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ed73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 237, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.143 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef29f',
    500: '#f9ed73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ed73;
$custom-light: #fef29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ed73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.627,
    "s": 91.781,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93194,
    "c": 0.14349,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.81946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9ED73

secondary

#3C49D4

accent

#15E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9ED73

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

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