#F9C166#F9C166

#F9C166 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.126 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C166
RGB	rgb(249, 193, 102)
HSL	hsl(37, 92%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(37, 59%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 59%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.42, 10.26, 52.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.42, 53.75, 78.99°)
OKLab	oklab(84.37% 0.0266 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(84.37% 0.126 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.5384, 59.2430, 20.8143)
Luminance	0.5924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C166 #669EF9

analogous

#F97866 #F9C166 #E8F966

triadic

#F9C166 #66F9C1 #C166F9

tetradic

#F9C166 #66F978 #669EF9 #F966E8

square

#F9C166 #66F978 #669EF9 #F966E8

split-complementary

#F9C166 #66E8F9 #7866F9

monochromatic

#DC8B09 #F7A92B #F9C166 #FBD9A1 #FEF1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#F9C166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#F9C166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C166

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C166	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C25D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D069

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 193, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.126 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd394',
    500: '#f9c166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c166;
$custom-light: #ffd394;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.143,
    "s": 92.453,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84367,
    "c": 0.12598,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C166

secondary

#306ED3

accent

#57E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C166

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

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