#F9C490#F9C490

#F9C490 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.091 H 65.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C490
RGB	rgb(249, 196, 144)
HSL	hsl(30, 90%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(30, 42%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 42.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.72, 12.37, 33.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.72, 35.54, 69.63°)
OKLab	oklab(85.57% 0.0374 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(85.57% 0.091 65.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.8432, 61.6368, 34.9145)
Luminance	0.6163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C490 #90C5F9

analogous

#F99091 #F9C490 #F9F890

triadic

#F9C490 #90F9C4 #C490F9

tetradic

#F9C490 #91F990 #90C5F9 #F890F9

square

#F9C490 #91F990 #90C5F9 #F890F9

split-complementary

#F9C490 #90F9F8 #9091F9

monochromatic

#F3861C #F6A556 #F9C490 #FCE3CA #FDF0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#F9C490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.33

#F9C490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C490

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C490	1.00	1.58	13.33	13.33
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C78C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D391

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 196, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.091 65.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdd5b1',
    500: '#f9c490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c490;
$custom-light: #fdd5b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.714,
    "s": 89.744,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85566,
    "c": 0.09055,
    "h": 65.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C490

secondary

#5597D8

accent

#74E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF7

border

#D7D4D0

text

#181410

muted

#868381

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C490

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

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