#F9C16B#F9C16B

#F9C16B is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.122 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C16B
RGB	rgb(249, 193, 107)
HSL	hsl(36, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(36, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 57%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.48, 10.62, 50.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.48, 51.54, 78.10°)
OKLab	oklab(84.43% 0.0283 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(84.43% 0.122 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.7939, 59.3452, 22.1598)
Luminance	0.5934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C16B #6BA3F9

analogous

#F97A6B #F9C16B #EAF96B

triadic

#F9C16B #6BF9C1 #C16BF9

tetradic

#F9C16B #6BF97A #6BA3F9 #F96BEA

square

#F9C16B #6BF97A #6BA3F9 #F96BEA

split-complementary

#F9C16B #6BEAF9 #7A6BF9

monochromatic

#E08C09 #F7A830 #F9C16B #FBDAA6 #FEF2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#F9C16B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#F9C16B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C16B

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C16B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C16B	1.00	1.63	12.87	12.87
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C263

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D06D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c16b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 193, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.122 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd397',
    500: '#f9c16b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c16b;
$custom-light: #ffd397;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c16b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.338,
    "s": 92.208,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84429,
    "c": 0.12193,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C16B

secondary

#3573D3

accent

#5BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140E

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C16B

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

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