#F9C164#F9C164

#F9C164 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.128 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C164
RGB	rgb(249, 193, 100)
HSL	hsl(37, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(37, 60%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 59.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.40, 10.12, 53.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.40, 54.63, 79.32°)
OKLab	oklab(84.34% 0.026 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(84.34% 0.128 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.4404, 59.2038, 20.2982)
Luminance	0.5920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C164 #649CF9

analogous

#F97664 #F9C164 #E6F964

triadic

#F9C164 #64F9C1 #C164F9

tetradic

#F9C164 #64F976 #649CF9 #F964E6

square

#F9C164 #64F976 #649CF9 #F964E6

split-complementary

#F9C164 #64E6F9 #7664F9

monochromatic

#DA8B08 #F7A929 #F9C164 #FBD99F #FEF0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#F9C164 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#F9C164 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C164

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C164	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C164	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)

#D7C25B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D067

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c164;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 193, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.128 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd393',
    500: '#f9c164',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c164;
$custom-light: #ffd393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c164",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.45,
    "s": 92.547,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84344,
    "c": 0.12757,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C164

secondary

#2F6CD2

accent

#56E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C164

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

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