#F9F973#F9F973

#F9F973 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.891; OKLCH L 95.6% C 0.156 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F973
RGB	rgb(249, 249, 115)
HSL	hsl(60, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(60, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 53.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.64, -17.02, 63.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.64, 65.44, 105.08°)
OKLab	oklab(95.65% -0.0507 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(95.65% 0.156 109)
XYZ	xyz(76.0391, 89.1309, 29.4148)
Luminance	0.8913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F973 #7373F9

analogous

#F9B673 #F9F973 #B6F973

triadic

#F9F973 #73F9F9 #F973F9

tetradic

#F9F973 #73F9B6 #7373F9 #F973B6

square

#F9F973 #73F9B6 #7373F9 #F973B6

split-complementary

#F9F973 #73B6F9 #B673F9

monochromatic

#E8E80A #F6F638 #F9F973 #FCFCAE #FEFEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.12

#F9F973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.83

#F9F973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F973

18.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F973	1.00	1.12	18.83	18.83
#FFFFFF	1.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF065

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF57A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEBDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F2F2F2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 249, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.6% 0.156 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fefb9f',
    500: '#f9f973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f973;
$custom-light: #fefb9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 91.781,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95647,
    "c": 0.15551,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.89129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F973

secondary

#3C3CD4

accent

#00E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF5

border

#D7D7CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F973

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

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