#F9C263#F9C263

#F9C263 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.129 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C263
RGB	rgb(249, 194, 99)
HSL	hsl(38, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(38, 60%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 60.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.64, 9.53, 54.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.64, 55.25, 80.06°)
OKLab	oklab(84.52% 0.0241 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(84.52% 0.129 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.6141, 59.6282, 20.1188)
Luminance	0.5962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C263 #639AF9

analogous

#F97763 #F9C263 #E5F963

triadic

#F9C263 #63F9C2 #C263F9

tetradic

#F9C263 #63F977 #639AF9 #F963E5

square

#F9C263 #63F977 #639AF9 #F963E5

split-complementary

#F9C263 #63E5F9 #7763F9

monochromatic

#D98D08 #F7AB28 #F9C263 #FBD99E #FEF0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#F9C263 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#F9C263 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C263

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C263	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C263	1.00	1.62	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.62	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)

#D8C35A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D066

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c263;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 194, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.129 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd492',
    500: '#f9c263',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c263;
$custom-light: #ffd492;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c263",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38,
    "s": 92.593,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84522,
    "c": 0.12865,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C263

secondary

#2E6AD2

accent

#54E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C263

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

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