#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
RGBrgb(249, 194, 102)
HSLhsl(38, 92%, 69%)
HSVhsv(38, 59%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 22.1%, 59%, 2.4%)
CIE-LABlab(81.67, 9.74, 53.04)
CIE-LCHlch(81.67, 53.93, 79.59°)
OKLaboklab(84.56% 0.0251 0.1237)
OKLCHoklch(84.56% 0.126 78.5)
XYZxyz(60.7602, 59.6866, 20.8882)
Luminance0.5968 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##F9C2661.001.6212.9412.94
#FFFFFF1.621.0021.0021.00
#00000012.9421.001.001.00
##00000012.9421.001.001.00

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

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#F9C266 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva