#F9C163#F9C163

#F9C163 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.128 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C163
RGB	rgb(249, 193, 99)
HSL	hsl(38, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(38, 60%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 60.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.39, 10.05, 54.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.39, 55.07, 79.48°)
OKLab	oklab(84.33% 0.0257 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(84.33% 0.128 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.3923, 59.1846, 20.0449)
Luminance	0.5918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C163 #639BF9

analogous

#F97663 #F9C163 #E6F963

triadic

#F9C163 #63F9C1 #C163F9

tetradic

#F9C163 #63F976 #639BF9 #F963E6

square

#F9C163 #63F976 #639BF9 #F963E6

split-complementary

#F9C163 #63E6F9 #7663F9

monochromatic

#D98B08 #F7AA28 #F9C163 #FBD89E #FEF0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#F9C163 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#F9C163 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C163

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C163	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C163	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C25A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D066

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c163;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 193, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.128 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd392',
    500: '#f9c163',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c163;
$custom-light: #ffd392;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c163",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.6,
    "s": 92.593,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84332,
    "c": 0.12836,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C163

secondary

#2E6BD2

accent

#56E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C163

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

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