#F9F873#F9F873

#F9F873 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.885; OKLCH L 95.4% C 0.154 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F873
RGB	rgb(249, 248, 115)
HSL	hsl(60, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(60, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 53.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.38, -16.54, 62.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.38, 65.03, 104.73°)
OKLab	oklab(95.44% -0.0493 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(95.44% 0.154 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(75.7309, 88.5143, 29.3120)
Luminance	0.8851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F873 #7374F9

analogous

#F9B573 #F9F873 #B7F973

triadic

#F9F873 #73F9F8 #F873F9

tetradic

#F9F873 #73F9B5 #7374F9 #F973B7

square

#F9F873 #73F9B5 #7374F9 #F973B7

split-complementary

#F9F873 #73B7F9 #B573F9

monochromatic

#E8E60A #F6F538 #F9F873 #FCFBAE #FEFEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.12

#F9F873 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.70

#F9F873 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F873

18.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F873	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F873	1.00	1.12	18.70	18.70
#FFFFFF	1.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEF66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF47A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEADB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F2F2F2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f873;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 248, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.4% 0.154 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fefa9f',
    500: '#f9f873',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f873;
$custom-light: #fefa9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f873",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.552,
    "s": 91.781,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95442,
    "c": 0.15447,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.88512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F873

secondary

#3C3DD4

accent

#02E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF5

border

#D7D7CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F873

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

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