#F9C466#F9C466

#F9C466 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.127 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C466
RGB	rgb(249, 196, 102)
HSL	hsl(38, 92%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(38, 59%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 59%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.15, 8.70, 53.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.15, 54.31, 80.78°)
OKLab	oklab(84.94% 0.0221 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(84.94% 0.127 80)
XYZ	xyz(61.2083, 60.5828, 21.0376)
Luminance	0.6058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C466 #669BF9

analogous

#F97B66 #F9C466 #E5F966

triadic

#F9C466 #66F9C4 #C466F9

tetradic

#F9C466 #66F97B #669BF9 #F966E5

square

#F9C466 #66F97B #669BF9 #F966E5

split-complementary

#F9C466 #66E5F9 #7B66F9

monochromatic

#DC9009 #F7AD2B #F9C466 #FBDBA1 #FEF1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#F9C466 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#F9C466 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C466

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C466	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C466	1.00	1.60	13.12	13.12
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC55D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c466;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 196, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.127 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd594',
    500: '#f9c466',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c466;
$custom-light: #ffd594;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c466",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.367,
    "s": 92.453,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84939,
    "c": 0.12689,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.60579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C466

secondary

#306BD3

accent

#53E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C466

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

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