#F9AE62#F9AE62

#F9AE62 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.128 H 64.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9AE62
RGB	rgb(249, 174, 98)
HSL	hsl(30, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(30, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 60.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.86, 19.93, 49.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.86, 53.24, 68.01°)
OKLab	oklab(80.79% 0.0547 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(80.79% 0.128 64.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.4111, 51.2983, 18.4834)
Luminance	0.5129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9AE62 #62ADF9

analogous

#F96262 #F9AE62 #F8F962

triadic

#F9AE62 #62F9AE #AE62F9

tetradic

#F9AE62 #62F962 #62ADF9 #F962F8

square

#F9AE62 #62F962 #62ADF9 #F962F8

split-complementary

#F9AE62 #62F8F9 #6262F9

monochromatic

#D87108 #F79027 #F9AE62 #FBCC9D #FEEBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#F9AE62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#F9AE62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9AE62

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9AE62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9AE62	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B35B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9D9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ae62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 174, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.128 64.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc691',
    500: '#f9ae62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ae62;
$custom-light: #ffc691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ae62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.199,
    "s": 92.638,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80788,
    "c": 0.12761,
    "h": 64.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9AE62

secondary

#2D7FD2

accent

#72E600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#19130D

muted

#87827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9AE62

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

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