#F9C162#F9C162

#F9C162 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.129 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C162
RGB	rgb(249, 193, 98)
HSL	hsl(38, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(38, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 60.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.38, 9.99, 54.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.38, 55.51, 79.64°)
OKLab	oklab(84.32% 0.0253 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(84.32% 0.129 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.3448, 59.1656, 19.7946)
Luminance	0.5916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C162 #629AF9

analogous

#F97562 #F9C162 #E6F962

triadic

#F9C162 #62F9C1 #C162F9

tetradic

#F9C162 #62F975 #629AF9 #F962E6

square

#F9C162 #62F975 #629AF9 #F962E6

split-complementary

#F9C162 #62E6F9 #7562F9

monochromatic

#D88B08 #F7AA27 #F9C162 #FBD89D #FEF0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#F9C162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#F9C162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C162

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C162	1.00	1.64	12.83	12.83
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C259

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D065

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 193, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.129 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd391',
    500: '#f9c162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c162;
$custom-light: #ffd391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.748,
    "s": 92.638,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8432,
    "c": 0.12914,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C162

secondary

#2D6AD2

accent

#55E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C162

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

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