#F9B455#F9B455

#F9B455 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.136 H 72.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9B455
RGB	rgb(249, 180, 85)
HSL	hsl(35, 93%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(35, 66%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 65.9%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.14, 15.97, 56.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.14, 59.17, 74.34°)
OKLab	oklab(81.74% 0.0412 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(81.74% 0.136 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.0316, 53.4426, 15.9043)
Luminance	0.5344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9B455 #559AF9

analogous

#F96255 #F9B455 #ECF955

triadic

#F9B455 #55F9B4 #B455F9

tetradic

#F9B455 #55F962 #559AF9 #F955EC

square

#F9B455 #55F962 #559AF9 #F955EC

split-complementary

#F9B455 #55ECF9 #6255F9

monochromatic

#CC7907 #F79A1A #F9B455 #FBCE90 #FDE8CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#F9B455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#F9B455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9B455

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9B455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9B455	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB74B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9b455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 180, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.136 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffca88',
    500: '#f9b455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9b455;
$custom-light: #ffca88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9b455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.756,
    "s": 93.182,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81739,
    "c": 0.13631,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9B455

secondary

#2A6DC8

accent

#61E600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#19130C

muted

#87827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9B455

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

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