#F9C16A#F9C16A

#F9C16A is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.123 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C16A
RGB	rgb(249, 193, 106)
HSL	hsl(37, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(37, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 57.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.47, 10.55, 50.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.47, 51.98, 78.29°)
OKLab	oklab(84.42% 0.028 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(84.42% 0.123 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.7416, 59.3243, 21.8843)
Luminance	0.5932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C16A #6AA2F9

analogous

#F9796A #F9C16A #EAF96A

triadic

#F9C16A #6AF9C1 #C16AF9

tetradic

#F9C16A #6AF979 #6AA2F9 #F96AEA

square

#F9C16A #6AF979 #6AA2F9 #F96AEA

split-complementary

#F9C16A #6AEAF9 #796AF9

monochromatic

#E08C09 #F7A92F #F9C16A #FBD9A5 #FEF2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#F9C16A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#F9C16A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C16A

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C16A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C16A	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)

#D7C262

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D06C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c16a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 193, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.123 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd397',
    500: '#f9c16a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c16a;
$custom-light: #ffd397;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c16a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.503,
    "s": 92.258,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84417,
    "c": 0.12276,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C16A

secondary

#3472D3

accent

#5AE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140E

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C16A

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

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