#F9B258#F9B258

#F9B258 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.134 H 70.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9B258
RGB	rgb(249, 178, 88)
HSL	hsl(34, 93%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(34, 65%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.5%, 64.7%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.69, 17.19, 55.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.69, 57.72, 72.67°)
OKLab	oklab(81.4% 0.0452 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(81.4% 0.134 70.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.7524, 52.6896, 16.4117)
Luminance	0.5269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#F9B258 #589FF9

analogous

#F96158 #F9B258 #F0F958

triadic

#F9B258 #58F9B2 #B258F9

tetradic

#F9B258 #58F961 #589FF9 #F958F0

square

#F9B258 #58F961 #589FF9 #F958F0

split-complementary

#F9B258 #58F0F9 #6158F9

monochromatic

#CF7707 #F7971D #F9B258 #FBCD93 #FDE8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#F9B258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#F9B258 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9B258

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9B258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9B258	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9b258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 178, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.134 70.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc98a',
    500: '#f9b258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9b258;
$custom-light: #ffc98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9b258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.54,
    "s": 93.064,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81402,
    "c": 0.13421,
    "h": 70.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9B258

secondary

#2B71CA

accent

#65E600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#19130C

muted

#87827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9B258

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

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