#F9C464#F9C464

#F9C464 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.129 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C464
RGB	rgb(249, 196, 100)
HSL	hsl(39, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(39, 60%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 59.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.13, 8.56, 54.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.13, 55.19, 81.08°)
OKLab	oklab(84.92% 0.0214 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(84.92% 0.129 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.1103, 60.5436, 20.5215)
Luminance	0.6054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C464 #6499F9

analogous

#F97964 #F9C464 #E3F964

triadic

#F9C464 #64F9C4 #C464F9

tetradic

#F9C464 #64F979 #6499F9 #F964E3

square

#F9C464 #64F979 #6499F9 #F964E3

split-complementary

#F9C464 #64E3F9 #7964F9

monochromatic

#DA9008 #F7AE29 #F9C464 #FBDA9F #FEF1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#F9C464 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.11

#F9C464 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C464

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C464	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C464	1.00	1.60	13.11	13.11
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC45B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D267

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c464;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 196, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.129 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd593',
    500: '#f9c464',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c464;
$custom-light: #ffd593;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c464",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.658,
    "s": 92.547,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84916,
    "c": 0.12851,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C464

secondary

#2F69D2

accent

#52E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C464

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

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