#F9C26C#F9C26C

#F9C26C is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.121 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#F9C26C
RGBrgb(249, 194, 108)
HSLhsl(37, 92%, 70%)
HSVhsv(37, 57%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 22.1%, 56.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LABlab(81.73, 10.18, 50.24)
CIE-LCHlch(81.73, 51.27, 78.55°)
OKLaboklab(84.63% 0.0272 0.1183)
OKLCHoklch(84.63% 0.121 77.1)
XYZxyz(61.0686, 59.8100, 22.5124)
Luminance0.5981 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#F9C26C #6CA3F9
analogous
#F97C6C #F9C26C #E9F96C
triadic
#F9C26C #6CF9C2 #C26CF9
tetradic
#F9C26C #6CF97C #6CA3F9 #F96CE9
square
#F9C26C #6CF97C #6CA3F9 #F96CE9
split-complementary
#F9C26C #6CE9F9 #7C6CF9
monochromatic
#E18D09 #F7AA31 #F9C26C #FBDAA7 #FEF3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62
#F9C26C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96
#F9C26C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C26C
12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##F9C26C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##F9C26C1.001.6212.9612.96
#FFFFFF1.621.0021.0021.00
#00000012.9621.001.001.00
##00000012.9621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D7C364
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E4D16E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFB3AE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #f9c26c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 194, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.121 77.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fed498',
    500: '#f9c26c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #f9c26c;
$custom-light: #fed498;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#f9c26c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.596,
    "s": 92.157,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84632,
    "c": 0.12137,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#F9C26C
secondary
#3673D4
accent
#5AE600
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF5
border
#D7D4CF
text
#18140E
muted
#86837F

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#F9C26C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva