#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
RGB	rgb(249, 196, 116)
HSL	hsl(36, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(36, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 53.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.32, 9.77, 47.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.32, 48.03, 78.27°)
OKLab	oklab(85.12% 0.0269 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(85.12% 0.115 76.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.9622, 60.8844, 25.0079)
Luminance	0.6088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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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
##F9C474	1.00	1.59	13.18	13.18
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C474

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

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