#F9B462#F9B462

#F9B462 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.127 H 69.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9B462
RGB	rgb(249, 180, 98)
HSL	hsl(33, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(33, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 60.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.27, 16.78, 51.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.27, 53.70, 71.79°)
OKLab	oklab(81.88% 0.0454 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(81.88% 0.127 69.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.5963, 53.6685, 18.8785)
Luminance	0.5366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Color harmonies

complementary

#F9B462 #62A7F9

analogous

#F96862 #F9B462 #F2F962

triadic

#F9B462 #62F9B4 #B462F9

tetradic

#F9B462 #62F968 #62A7F9 #F962F2

square

#F9B462 #62F968 #62A7F9 #F962F2

split-complementary

#F9B462 #62F2F9 #6862F9

monochromatic

#D87908 #F79827 #F9B462 #FBD09D #FEECD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#F9B462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#F9B462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9B462

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9B462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9B462	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB85A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA3A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9b462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 180, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.127 69.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffca91',
    500: '#f9b462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9b462;
$custom-light: #ffca91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9b462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.583,
    "s": 92.638,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81885,
    "c": 0.12723,
    "h": 69.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9B462

secondary

#2D78D2

accent

#69E600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130D

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9B462

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

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