#F9C266#F9C266

#F9C266 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.126 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C266
RGB	rgb(249, 194, 102)
HSL	hsl(38, 92%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(38, 59%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 59%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.67, 9.74, 53.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.67, 53.93, 79.59°)
OKLab	oklab(84.56% 0.0251 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(84.56% 0.126 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.7602, 59.6866, 20.8882)
Luminance	0.5968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C266 #669DF9

analogous

#F97966 #F9C266 #E7F966

triadic

#F9C266 #66F9C2 #C266F9

tetradic

#F9C266 #66F979 #669DF9 #F966E7

square

#F9C266 #66F979 #669DF9 #F966E7

split-complementary

#F9C266 #66E7F9 #7966F9

monochromatic

#DC8D09 #F7AB2B #F9C266 #FBD9A1 #FEF1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#F9C266 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#F9C266 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C266

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C266	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C266	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C35D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D169

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c266;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 194, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.126 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd494',
    500: '#f9c266',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c266;
$custom-light: #ffd494;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c266",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.551,
    "s": 92.453,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84558,
    "c": 0.12626,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C266

secondary

#306DD3

accent

#56E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C266

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

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