#F9C474#F9C474

#F9C474 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.115 H 76.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#F9C474
RGBrgb(249, 196, 116)
HSLhsl(36, 92%, 72%)
HSVhsv(36, 53%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 21.3%, 53.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LABlab(82.32, 9.77, 47.03)
CIE-LCHlch(82.32, 48.03, 78.27°)
OKLaboklab(85.12% 0.0269 0.112)
OKLCHoklch(85.12% 0.115 76.5)
XYZxyz(61.9622, 60.8844, 25.0079)
Luminance0.6088 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#F9C474 #74A9F9
analogous
#F98274 #F9C474 #ECF974
triadic
#F9C474 #74F9C4 #C474F9
tetradic
#F9C474 #74F982 #74A9F9 #F974EC
square
#F9C474 #74F982 #74A9F9 #F974EC
split-complementary
#F9C474 #74ECF9 #8274F9
monochromatic
#E9900A #F6AB39 #F9C474 #FCDDAF #FEF3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59
#F9C474 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18
#F9C474 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C474
13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##F9C474#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##F9C4741.001.5913.1813.18
#FFFFFF1.591.0021.0021.00
#00000013.1821.001.001.00
##00000013.1821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D8C56D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E5D276
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFB6B1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #f9c474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 196, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.115 76.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fed59d',
    500: '#f9c474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #f9c474;
$custom-light: #fed59d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#f9c474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.09,
    "s": 91.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85119,
    "c": 0.11515,
    "h": 76.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#F9C474
secondary
#3D79D5
accent
#5BE600
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF5
border
#D7D4CF
text
#18140E
muted
#86837F

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#F9C474 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva