#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
RGB	rgb(249, 194, 108)
HSL	hsl(37, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(37, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 56.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.73, 10.18, 50.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.73, 51.27, 78.55°)
OKLab	oklab(84.63% 0.0272 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(84.63% 0.121 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.0686, 59.8100, 22.5124)
Luminance	0.5981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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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
##F9C26C	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)

#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

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C26C

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

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