#F9B256#F9B256

#F9B256 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.136 H 70.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9B256
RGB	rgb(249, 178, 86)
HSL	hsl(34, 93%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(34, 65%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.5%, 65.5%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.67, 17.07, 56.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.67, 58.55, 73.04°)
OKLab	oklab(81.38% 0.0446 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(81.38% 0.136 70.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.6707, 52.6570, 15.9814)
Luminance	0.5265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9B256 #569DF9

analogous

#F96056 #F9B256 #EFF956

triadic

#F9B256 #56F9B2 #B256F9

tetradic

#F9B256 #56F960 #569DF9 #F956EF

square

#F9B256 #56F960 #569DF9 #F956EF

split-complementary

#F9B256 #56EFF9 #6056F9

monochromatic

#CD7707 #F7971B #F9B256 #FBCD91 #FDE8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#F9B256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#F9B256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9B256

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9B256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9B256	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA09E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9b256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 178, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.136 70.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc989',
    500: '#f9b256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9b256;
$custom-light: #ffc989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9b256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.865,
    "s": 93.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81381,
    "c": 0.13556,
    "h": 70.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9B256

secondary

#2A6FC9

accent

#64E600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#19130C

muted

#87827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9B256

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

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