#F9BD4E#F9BD4E

#F9BD4E is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.142 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9BD4E
RGB	rgb(249, 189, 78)
HSL	hsl(39, 93%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(39, 69%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 68.7%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.23, 10.88, 62.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.23, 63.25, 80.10°)
OKLab	oklab(83.36% 0.0254 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(83.36% 0.142 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.6433, 57.0893, 15.1369)
Luminance	0.5708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9BD4E #4E8AF9

analogous

#F9684E #F9BD4E #E0F94E

triadic

#F9BD4E #4EF9BD #BD4EF9

tetradic

#F9BD4E #4EF968 #4E8AF9 #F94EE0

square

#F9BD4E #4EF968 #4E8AF9 #F94EE0

split-complementary

#F9BD4E #4EE0F9 #684EF9

monochromatic

#C68307 #F7A713 #F9BD4E #FBD389 #FDE9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#F9BD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#F9BD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9BD4E

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9BD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9BD4E	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFACA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9bd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 189, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.142 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd085',
    500: '#f9bd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9bd4e;
$custom-light: #ffd085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9bd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.947,
    "s": 93.443,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83358,
    "c": 0.14244,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9BD4E

secondary

#295FC3

accent

#51E600

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#19140B

muted

#87837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9BD4E

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