#F9B555#F9B555

#F9B555 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.136 H 73.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9B555
RGB	rgb(249, 181, 85)
HSL	hsl(35, 93%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(35, 66%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 65.9%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.37, 15.44, 57.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.37, 59.28, 74.90°)
OKLab	oklab(81.93% 0.0396 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(81.93% 0.136 73.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.2342, 53.8478, 15.9718)
Luminance	0.5384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#F9B555 #5599F9

analogous

#F96355 #F9B555 #EBF955

triadic

#F9B555 #55F9B5 #B555F9

tetradic

#F9B555 #55F963 #5599F9 #F955EB

square

#F9B555 #55F963 #5599F9 #F955EB

split-complementary

#F9B555 #55EBF9 #6355F9

monochromatic

#CC7B07 #F79B1A #F9B555 #FBCF90 #FDE8CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#F9B555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#F9B555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9B555

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9B555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9B555	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9b555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 181, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.136 73.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffcb89',
    500: '#f9b555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9b555;
$custom-light: #ffcb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9b555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.122,
    "s": 93.182,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81925,
    "c": 0.13638,
    "h": 73.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9B555

secondary

#2A6CC8

accent

#5FE600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#19130C

muted

#87827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9B555

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

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