#F9C36C#F9C36C

#F9C36C is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.122 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C36C
RGB	rgb(249, 195, 108)
HSL	hsl(37, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(37, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 56.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.98, 9.66, 50.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.98, 51.45, 79.18°)
OKLab	oklab(84.82% 0.0256 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(84.82% 0.122 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.2919, 60.2566, 22.5869)
Luminance	0.6025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C36C #6CA2F9

analogous

#F97C6C #F9C36C #E9F96C

triadic

#F9C36C #6CF9C3 #C36CF9

tetradic

#F9C36C #6CF97C #6CA2F9 #F96CE9

square

#F9C36C #6CF97C #6CA2F9 #F96CE9

split-complementary

#F9C36C #6CE9F9 #7C6CF9

monochromatic

#E18F09 #F7AB31 #F9C36C #FBDBA7 #FEF3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#F9C36C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#F9C36C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C36C

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C36C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C36C	1.00	1.61	13.05	13.05
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C464

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D16F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c36c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 195, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.122 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fed598',
    500: '#f9c36c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c36c;
$custom-light: #fed598;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c36c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.021,
    "s": 92.157,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84822,
    "c": 0.12165,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C36C

secondary

#3672D4

accent

#58E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140E

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C36C

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

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