#F9C169#F9C169

#F9C169 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.124 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C169
RGB	rgb(249, 193, 105)
HSL	hsl(37, 92%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(37, 58%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 57.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.46, 10.48, 51.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.46, 52.42, 78.47°)
OKLab	oklab(84.4% 0.0277 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(84.4% 0.124 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.6899, 59.3036, 21.6120)
Luminance	0.5930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C169 #69A1F9

analogous

#F97969 #F9C169 #E9F969

triadic

#F9C169 #69F9C1 #C169F9

tetradic

#F9C169 #69F979 #69A1F9 #F969E9

square

#F9C169 #69F979 #69A1F9 #F969E9

split-complementary

#F9C169 #69E9F9 #7969F9

monochromatic

#DF8C09 #F7A92E #F9C169 #FBD9A4 #FEF2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#F9C169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#F9C169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C169

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C169	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C261

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D06C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 193, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.124 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd396',
    500: '#f9c169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c169;
$custom-light: #ffd396;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.667,
    "s": 92.308,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84404,
    "c": 0.12357,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C169

secondary

#3371D3

accent

#59E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C169

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

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