Golden Rod#F9BC08

#F9BC08 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.169 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Golden Rod — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#F9BC08
RGB	rgb(249, 188, 8)
HSL	hsl(45, 95%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 97%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 96.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.69, 9.45, 81.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.69, 81.56, 83.35°)
OKLab	oklab(82.84% 0.0156 0.1681)
OKLCH	oklch(82.84% 0.169 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.0981, 56.1282, 8.0563)
Luminance	0.5612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9BC08 #0845F9

analogous

#F94308 #F9BC08 #BEF908

triadic

#F9BC08 #08F9BC #BC08F9

tetradic

#F9BC08 #08F943 #0845F9 #F908BE

square

#F9BC08 #08F943 #0845F9 #F908BE

split-complementary

#F9BC08 #08BEF9 #4308F9

monochromatic

#836303 #BF9005 #F9BC08 #FACC44 #FCDC7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#F9BC08 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#F9BC08 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9BC08

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9BC08	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9BC08	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CC1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9bc08;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 188, 8);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.169 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffcf69',
    500: '#f9bc08',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9bc08;
$custom-light: #ffcf69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9bc08",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 8
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.813,
    "s": 95.257,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82836,
    "c": 0.16881,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9BC08

secondary

#1C378A

accent

#5FFF29

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF0

border

#D7D4CB

text

#191308

muted

#87837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9BC08

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