#F9C45A#F9C45A

#F9C45A is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.136 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C45A
RGB	rgb(249, 196, 90)
HSL	hsl(40, 93%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 63.9%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.03, 7.91, 59.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.03, 59.53, 82.36°)
OKLab	oklab(84.81% 0.0182 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(84.81% 0.136 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.6557, 60.3618, 18.1271)
Luminance	0.6036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C45A #5A8FF9

analogous

#F9755A #F9C45A #DFF95A

triadic

#F9C45A #5AF9C4 #C45AF9

tetradic

#F9C45A #5AF975 #5A8FF9 #F95ADF

square

#F9C45A #5AF975 #5A8FF9 #F95ADF

split-complementary

#F9C45A #5ADFF9 #755AF9

monochromatic

#D18E08 #F7AF1F #F9C45A #FBD995 #FDEED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#F9C45A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#F9C45A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C45A

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C45A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C45A	1.00	1.61	13.07	13.07
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC44F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c45a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 196, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.136 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd58d',
    500: '#f9c45a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c45a;
$custom-light: #ffd58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c45a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 92.982,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84807,
    "c": 0.13623,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C45A

secondary

#2B61CC

accent

#4CE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C45A

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

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