#F9C45F#F9C45F

#F9C45F is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.132 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C45F
RGB	rgb(249, 196, 95)
HSL	hsl(39, 93%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(39, 62%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 61.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.08, 8.23, 56.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.08, 57.38, 81.76°)
OKLab	oklab(84.86% 0.0198 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(84.86% 0.132 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.8757, 60.4498, 19.2859)
Luminance	0.6045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C45F #5F94F9

analogous

#F9775F #F9C45F #E1F95F

triadic

#F9C45F #5FF9C4 #C45FF9

tetradic

#F9C45F #5FF977 #5F94F9 #F95FE1

square

#F9C45F #5FF977 #5F94F9 #F95FE1

split-complementary

#F9C45F #5FE1F9 #775FF9

monochromatic

#D68F08 #F7AE24 #F9C45F #FBDA9A #FDF0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#F9C45F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.09

#F9C45F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C45F

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C45F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C45F	1.00	1.60	13.09	13.09
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c45f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 196, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.132 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd590',
    500: '#f9c45f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c45f;
$custom-light: #ffd590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c45f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.351,
    "s": 92.771,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84859,
    "c": 0.13244,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C45F

secondary

#2C65D0

accent

#4FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C45F

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

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