#F9C260#F9C260

#F9C260 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.131 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C260
RGB	rgb(249, 194, 96)
HSL	hsl(38, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(38, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 61.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.60, 9.33, 55.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.60, 56.56, 80.50°)
OKLab	oklab(84.49% 0.0232 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(84.49% 0.131 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.4734, 59.5719, 19.3774)
Luminance	0.5957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C260 #6097F9

analogous

#F97560 #F9C260 #E4F960

triadic

#F9C260 #60F9C2 #C260F9

tetradic

#F9C260 #60F975 #6097F9 #F960E4

square

#F9C260 #60F975 #6097F9 #F960E4

split-complementary

#F9C260 #60E4F9 #7560F9

monochromatic

#D78C08 #F7AB25 #F9C260 #FBD99B #FDEFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#F9C260 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#F9C260 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C260

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C260	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C260	1.00	1.63	12.91	12.91
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c260;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 194, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.131 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd490',
    500: '#f9c260',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c260;
$custom-light: #ffd490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c260",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.431,
    "s": 92.727,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84488,
    "c": 0.13099,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C260

secondary

#2C68D1

accent

#53E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C260

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

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