#F9C160#F9C160

#F9C160 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.131 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C160
RGB	rgb(249, 193, 96)
HSL	hsl(38, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(38, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 61.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.36, 9.85, 55.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.36, 56.38, 79.94°)
OKLab	oklab(84.3% 0.0247 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(84.3% 0.131 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.2515, 59.1283, 19.3035)
Luminance	0.5912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C160 #6098F9

analogous

#F97460 #F9C160 #E5F960

triadic

#F9C160 #60F9C1 #C160F9

tetradic

#F9C160 #60F974 #6098F9 #F960E5

square

#F9C160 #60F974 #6098F9 #F960E5

split-complementary

#F9C160 #60E5F9 #7460F9

monochromatic

#D78B08 #F7AA25 #F9C160 #FBD89B #FDEFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#F9C160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#F9C160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C160

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C160	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)

#D7C256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 193, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.131 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd390',
    500: '#f9c160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c160;
$custom-light: #ffd390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.039,
    "s": 92.727,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84298,
    "c": 0.13069,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C160

secondary

#2C69D1

accent

#54E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C160

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

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