#F9C262#F9C262

#F9C262 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.129 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C262
RGB	rgb(249, 194, 98)
HSL	hsl(38, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(38, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 60.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.63, 9.47, 54.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.63, 55.69, 80.21°)
OKLab	oklab(84.51% 0.0238 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(84.51% 0.129 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.5666, 59.6092, 19.8686)
Luminance	0.5960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C262 #6299F9

analogous

#F97662 #F9C262 #E4F962

triadic

#F9C262 #62F9C2 #C262F9

tetradic

#F9C262 #62F976 #6299F9 #F962E4

square

#F9C262 #62F976 #6299F9 #F962E4

split-complementary

#F9C262 #62E4F9 #7662F9

monochromatic

#D88D08 #F7AB27 #F9C262 #FBD99D #FEF0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#F9C262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#F9C262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C262

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C262	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C359

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D065

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 194, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.129 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd492',
    500: '#f9c262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c262;
$custom-light: #ffd492;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.146,
    "s": 92.638,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84511,
    "c": 0.12944,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C262

secondary

#2D69D2

accent

#54E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C262

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

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