#F9C15F#F9C15F

#F9C15F is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.131 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C15F
RGB	rgb(249, 193, 95)
HSL	hsl(38, 93%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(38, 62%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 61.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.35, 9.79, 55.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.35, 56.81, 80.08°)
OKLab	oklab(84.29% 0.0244 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(84.29% 0.131 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.2058, 59.1100, 19.0626)
Luminance	0.5911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C15F #5F97F9

analogous

#F9745F #F9C15F #E4F95F

triadic

#F9C15F #5FF9C1 #C15FF9

tetradic

#F9C15F #5FF974 #5F97F9 #F95FE4

square

#F9C15F #5FF974 #5F97F9 #F95FE4

split-complementary

#F9C15F #5FE4F9 #745FF9

monochromatic

#D68B08 #F7AA24 #F9C15F #FBD89A #FDEFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#F9C15F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#F9C15F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C15F

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C15F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C15F	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C255

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c15f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 193, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.131 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd390',
    500: '#f9c15f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c15f;
$custom-light: #ffd390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c15f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 92.771,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84287,
    "c": 0.13146,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C15F

secondary

#2C68D0

accent

#53E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C15F

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

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