#F9C16F#F9C16F

#F9C16F is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.119 H 75.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C16F
RGB	rgb(249, 193, 111)
HSL	hsl(36, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(36, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 55.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.53, 10.93, 48.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.53, 49.75, 77.31°)
OKLab	oklab(84.48% 0.0297 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(84.48% 0.119 75.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.0092, 59.4313, 23.2939)
Luminance	0.5943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C16F #6FA7F9

analogous

#F97C6F #F9C16F #ECF96F

triadic

#F9C16F #6FF9C1 #C16FF9

tetradic

#F9C16F #6FF97C #6FA7F9 #F96FEC

square

#F9C16F #6FF97C #6FA7F9 #F96FEC

split-complementary

#F9C16F #6FECF9 #7C6FF9

monochromatic

#E48B0A #F7A834 #F9C16F #FBDAAA #FEF2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#F9C16F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#F9C16F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C16F

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C16F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C16F	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C368

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D071

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c16f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 193, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.119 75.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fed39a',
    500: '#f9c16f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c16f;
$custom-light: #fed39a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c16f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.652,
    "s": 92,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84482,
    "c": 0.11863,
    "h": 75.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C16F

secondary

#3877D4

accent

#5DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140E

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C16F

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

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