#F9B858#F9B858

#F9B858 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.135 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9B858
RGB	rgb(249, 184, 88)
HSL	hsl(36, 93%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(36, 65%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 64.7%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.12, 14.05, 56.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.12, 58.40, 76.08°)
OKLab	oklab(82.51% 0.0359 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(82.51% 0.135 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.9725, 55.1297, 16.8184)
Luminance	0.5513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9B858 #5899F9

analogous

#F96758 #F9B858 #EAF958

triadic

#F9B858 #58F9B8 #B858F9

tetradic

#F9B858 #58F967 #5899F9 #F958EA

square

#F9B858 #58F967 #5899F9 #F958EA

split-complementary

#F9B858 #58EAF9 #6758F9

monochromatic

#CF7F07 #F79F1D #F9B858 #FBD193 #FDEACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#F9B858 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#F9B858 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9B858

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9B858	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9B858	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA7A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9b858;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 184, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.135 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffcd8b',
    500: '#f9b858',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9b858;
$custom-light: #ffcd8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9b858",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.776,
    "s": 93.064,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82514,
    "c": 0.13465,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9B858

secondary

#2B6BCA

accent

#5DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#19130C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9B858

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

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