#F9C46B#F9C46B

#F9C46B is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.123 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C46B
RGB	rgb(249, 196, 107)
HSL	hsl(38, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(38, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 57%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.21, 9.06, 51.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.21, 52.08, 79.98°)
OKLab	oklab(85% 0.0238 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(85% 0.123 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.4638, 60.6850, 22.3831)
Luminance	0.6068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C46B #6BA0F9

analogous

#F97D6B #F9C46B #E7F96B

triadic

#F9C46B #6BF9C4 #C46BF9

tetradic

#F9C46B #6BF97D #6BA0F9 #F96BE7

square

#F9C46B #6BF97D #6BA0F9 #F96BE7

split-complementary

#F9C46B #6BE7F9 #7D6BF9

monochromatic

#E09009 #F7AD30 #F9C46B #FBDBA6 #FEF3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#F9C46B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.14

#F9C46B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C46B

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C46B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C46B	1.00	1.60	13.14	13.14
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C563

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D26E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c46b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 196, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.123 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fed597',
    500: '#f9c46b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c46b;
$custom-light: #fed597;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c46b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.606,
    "s": 92.208,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85,
    "c": 0.12279,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C46B

secondary

#3570D3

accent

#56E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140E

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C46B

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

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