#F9C170#F9C170

#F9C170 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.118 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C170
RGB	rgb(249, 193, 112)
HSL	hsl(35, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(35, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 55%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.54, 11.01, 48.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.54, 49.30, 77.10°)
OKLab	oklab(84.5% 0.0301 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(84.5% 0.118 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.0646, 59.4535, 23.5855)
Luminance	0.5945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C170 #70A8F9

analogous

#F97C70 #F9C170 #EDF970

triadic

#F9C170 #70F9C1 #C170F9

tetradic

#F9C170 #70F97C #70A8F9 #F970ED

square

#F9C170 #70F97C #70A8F9 #F970ED

split-complementary

#F9C170 #70EDF9 #7C70F9

monochromatic

#E58B0A #F7A835 #F9C170 #FBDAAB #FEF2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#F9C170 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#F9C170 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C170

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C170	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C170	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)

#D6C369

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D072

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c170;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 193, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.118 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fed39b',
    500: '#f9c170',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c170;
$custom-light: #fed39b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c170",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.474,
    "s": 91.946,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84495,
    "c": 0.11779,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C170

secondary

#3978D4

accent

#5EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140E

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C170

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

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