#F9C486#F9C486

#F9C486 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.099 H 70.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C486
RGB	rgb(249, 196, 134)
HSL	hsl(32, 91%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(32, 46%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 46.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.56, 11.37, 38.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.56, 39.92, 73.46°)
OKLab	oklab(85.39% 0.0336 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(85.39% 0.099 70.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.1125, 61.3445, 31.0661)
Luminance	0.6134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C486 #86BBF9

analogous

#F98B86 #F9C486 #F4F986

triadic

#F9C486 #86F9C4 #C486F9

tetradic

#F9C486 #86F98B #86BBF9 #F986F4

square

#F9C486 #86F98B #86BBF9 #F986F4

split-complementary

#F9C486 #86F4F9 #8B86F9

monochromatic

#F38B11 #F6A84C #F9C486 #FCE0C0 #FEF1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#F9C486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.27

#F9C486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C486

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C486	1.00	1.58	13.27	13.27
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D287

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 196, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.099 70.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdd5aa',
    500: '#f9c486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c486;
$custom-light: #fdd5aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.348,
    "s": 90.551,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85393,
    "c": 0.09932,
    "h": 70.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C486

secondary

#4C8CD7

accent

#6AE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF7

border

#D7D4D0

text

#181410

muted

#868381

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C486

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

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