#F9C491#F9C491

#F9C491 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.090 H 65.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C491
RGB	rgb(249, 196, 145)
HSL	hsl(29, 90%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(29, 42%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 41.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.74, 12.47, 32.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.74, 35.11, 69.19°)
OKLab	oklab(85.58% 0.0378 0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(85.58% 0.09 65.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.9199, 61.6675, 35.3188)
Luminance	0.6166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C491 #91C6F9

analogous

#F99192 #F9C491 #F9F891

triadic

#F9C491 #91F9C4 #C491F9

tetradic

#F9C491 #92F991 #91C6F9 #F891F9

square

#F9C491 #92F991 #91C6F9 #F891F9

split-complementary

#F9C491 #91F9F8 #9192F9

monochromatic

#F3861D #F6A557 #F9C491 #FCE3CB #FDEFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#F9C491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.33

#F9C491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C491

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C491	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)

#D5C78D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D392

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 196, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.090 65.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdd5b1',
    500: '#f9c491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c491;
$custom-light: #fdd5b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.423,
    "s": 89.655,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85584,
    "c": 0.08969,
    "h": 65.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C491

secondary

#5698D8

accent

#75E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF7

border

#D7D4D0

text

#181411

muted

#868381

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C491

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

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