#F9C465#F9C465

#F9C465 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.128 H 80.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C465
RGB	rgb(249, 196, 101)
HSL	hsl(39, 93%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(39, 59%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 59.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.14, 8.63, 54.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.14, 54.75, 80.93°)
OKLab	oklab(84.93% 0.0217 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(84.93% 0.128 80.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.1590, 60.5631, 20.7780)
Luminance	0.6056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C465 #659AF9

analogous

#F97A65 #F9C465 #E4F965

triadic

#F9C465 #65F9C4 #C465F9

tetradic

#F9C465 #65F97A #659AF9 #F965E4

square

#F9C465 #65F97A #659AF9 #F965E4

split-complementary

#F9C465 #65E4F9 #7A65F9

monochromatic

#DB9009 #F7AD2A #F9C465 #FBDBA0 #FEF1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#F9C465 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.11

#F9C465 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C465

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C465	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C465	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)

#DAC55C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c465;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 196, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.128 80.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd594',
    500: '#f9c465',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c465;
$custom-light: #ffd594;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c465",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.514,
    "s": 92.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84927,
    "c": 0.1277,
    "h": 80.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C465

secondary

#306AD3

accent

#52E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C465

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

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