#F9C26B#F9C26B

#F9C26B is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.122 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C26B
RGB	rgb(249, 194, 107)
HSL	hsl(37, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(37, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 57%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.72, 10.10, 50.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.72, 51.71, 78.73°)
OKLab	oklab(84.62% 0.0268 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(84.62% 0.122 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.0157, 59.7888, 22.2337)
Luminance	0.5978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C26B #6BA2F9

analogous

#F97B6B #F9C26B #E9F96B

triadic

#F9C26B #6BF9C2 #C26BF9

tetradic

#F9C26B #6BF97B #6BA2F9 #F96BE9

square

#F9C26B #6BF97B #6BA2F9 #F96BE9

split-complementary

#F9C26B #6BE9F9 #7B6BF9

monochromatic

#E08D09 #F7AA30 #F9C26B #FBDAA6 #FEF2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#F9C26B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#F9C26B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C26B

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C26B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C26B	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C363

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D16D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c26b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 194, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.122 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd497',
    500: '#f9c26b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c26b;
$custom-light: #ffd497;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c26b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.761,
    "s": 92.208,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84619,
    "c": 0.1222,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C26B

secondary

#3572D3

accent

#59E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140E

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C26B

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

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