#F9C299#F9C299

#F9C299 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.083 H 58.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C299
RGB	rgb(249, 194, 153)
HSL	hsl(26, 89%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(26, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 38.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.39, 14.39, 28.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.39, 31.64, 62.95°)
OKLab	oklab(85.36% 0.0441 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(85.36% 0.083 58)
XYZ	xyz(64.1105, 61.0267, 38.5333)
Luminance	0.6102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C299 #99D0F9

analogous

#F999A0 #F9C299 #F9F299

triadic

#F9C299 #99F9C2 #C299F9

tetradic

#F9C299 #A0F999 #99D0F9 #F299F9

square

#F9C299 #A0F999 #99D0F9 #F299F9

split-complementary

#F9C299 #99F9F2 #99A0F9

monochromatic

#F27D25 #F69F5F #F9C299 #FCE5D3 #FDEEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#F9C299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.20

#F9C299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C299

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C299	1.00	1.59	13.20	13.20
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFD299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 194, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.083 58.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdd4b7',
    500: '#f9c299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c299;
$custom-light: #fdd4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.625,
    "s": 88.889,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85361,
    "c": 0.08323,
    "h": 58
  },
  "luminance": 0.61023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C299

secondary

#5DA4D9

accent

#83E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF8

border

#D7D4D1

text

#181411

muted

#868381

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C299

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

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