#F9F173#F9F173

#F9F173 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.843; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.147 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F173
RGB	rgb(249, 241, 115)
HSL	hsl(56, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 53.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.58, -13.13, 60.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.58, 62.23, 102.18°)
OKLab	oklab(94.01% -0.0396 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(94.01% 0.147 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(73.6189, 84.2904, 28.6080)
Luminance	0.8429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F173 #737BF9

analogous

#F9AE73 #F9F173 #BEF973

triadic

#F9F173 #73F9F1 #F173F9

tetradic

#F9F173 #73F9AE #737BF9 #F973BE

square

#F9F173 #73F9AE #737BF9 #F973BE

split-complementary

#F9F173 #73BEF9 #AE73F9

monochromatic

#E8DA0A #F6EB38 #F9F173 #FCF7AE #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#F9F173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.86

#F9F173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F173

17.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F173	1.00	1.18	17.86	17.86
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE967

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 241, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.147 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef59f',
    500: '#f9f173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f173;
$custom-light: #fef59f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.418,
    "s": 91.781,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94008,
    "c": 0.14737,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.84288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F173

secondary

#3C45D4

accent

#0EE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F173

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

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