#F9BE4E#F9BE4E

#F9BE4E is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.143 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9BE4E
RGB	rgb(249, 190, 78)
HSL	hsl(39, 93%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(39, 69%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 68.7%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.47, 10.36, 62.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.47, 63.41, 80.60°)
OKLab	oklab(83.55% 0.0239 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(83.55% 0.143 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.8592, 57.5210, 15.2088)
Luminance	0.5752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9BE4E #4E89F9

analogous

#F9694E #F9BE4E #DFF94E

triadic

#F9BE4E #4EF9BE #BE4EF9

tetradic

#F9BE4E #4EF969 #4E89F9 #F94EDF

square

#F9BE4E #4EF969 #4E89F9 #F94EDF

split-complementary

#F9BE4E #4EDFF9 #694EF9

monochromatic

#C68407 #F7A813 #F9BE4E #FBD489 #FDE9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#F9BE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#F9BE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9BE4E

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9BE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9BE4E	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFADA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9be4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 190, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.143 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd185',
    500: '#f9be4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9be4e;
$custom-light: #ffd185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9be4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.298,
    "s": 93.443,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83548,
    "c": 0.1427,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9BE4E

secondary

#295EC3

accent

#4FE600

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#19140B

muted

#87837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9BE4E

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

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