#F9C488#F9C488

#F9C488 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.098 H 69.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C488
RGB	rgb(249, 196, 136)
HSL	hsl(32, 90%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(32, 45%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 45.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.59, 11.56, 37.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.59, 39.04, 72.77°)
OKLab	oklab(85.43% 0.0344 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(85.43% 0.098 69.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.2533, 61.4008, 31.8077)
Luminance	0.6140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C488 #88BDF9

analogous

#F98B88 #F9C488 #F6F988

triadic

#F9C488 #88F9C4 #C488F9

tetradic

#F9C488 #88F98B #88BDF9 #F988F6

square

#F9C488 #88F98B #88BDF9 #F988F6

split-complementary

#F9C488 #88F6F9 #8B88F9

monochromatic

#F38A13 #F6A74E #F9C488 #FCE1C2 #FEF1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#F9C488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.28

#F9C488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C488

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C488	1.00	1.58	13.28	13.28
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C683

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 196, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.098 69.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdd5ab',
    500: '#f9c488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c488;
$custom-light: #fdd5ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.858,
    "s": 90.4,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85426,
    "c": 0.09756,
    "h": 69.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C488

secondary

#4E8ED7

accent

#6CE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF7

border

#D7D4D0

text

#181410

muted

#868381

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C488

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

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