#F9C199#F9C199

#F9C199 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.083 H 56.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C199
RGB	rgb(249, 193, 153)
HSL	hsl(25, 89%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(25, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 38.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.15, 14.91, 27.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.15, 31.60, 61.84°)
OKLab	oklab(85.17% 0.0456 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(85.17% 0.083 56.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.8887, 60.5831, 38.4594)
Luminance	0.6058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C199 #99D1F9

analogous

#F999A1 #F9C199 #F9F199

triadic

#F9C199 #99F9C1 #C199F9

tetradic

#F9C199 #A1F999 #99D1F9 #F199F9

square

#F9C199 #A1F999 #99D1F9 #F199F9

split-complementary

#F9C199 #99F9F1 #99A1F9

monochromatic

#F27B25 #F69E5F #F9C199 #FCE4D3 #FDEDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#F9C199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#F9C199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C199

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C199	1.00	1.60	13.12	13.12
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFD199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 193, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.083 56.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdd3b7',
    500: '#f9c199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c199;
$custom-light: #fdd3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25,
    "s": 88.889,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85174,
    "c": 0.08343,
    "h": 56.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C199

secondary

#5DA5D9

accent

#86E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF8

border

#D7D4D1

text

#181411

muted

#868381

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C199

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

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