#F9C271#F9C271

#F9C271 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.117 H 75.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C271
RGB	rgb(249, 194, 113)
HSL	hsl(36, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(36, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 54.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.79, 10.57, 47.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.79, 49.03, 77.55°)
OKLab	oklab(84.7% 0.0289 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(84.7% 0.117 75.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.3424, 59.9195, 23.9543)
Luminance	0.5992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C271 #71A8F9

analogous

#F97E71 #F9C271 #ECF971

triadic

#F9C271 #71F9C2 #C271F9

tetradic

#F9C271 #71F97E #71A8F9 #F971EC

square

#F9C271 #71F97E #71A8F9 #F971EC

split-complementary

#F9C271 #71ECF9 #7E71F9

monochromatic

#E68D0A #F7A936 #F9C271 #FBDBAC #FEF2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#F9C271 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#F9C271 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C271

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C271	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C271	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C46A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D173

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c271;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 194, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.117 75.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fed49b',
    500: '#f9c271',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c271;
$custom-light: #fed49b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c271",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.735,
    "s": 91.892,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84698,
    "c": 0.11719,
    "h": 75.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C271

secondary

#3A78D4

accent

#5DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140E

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C271

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

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