#F9C494#F9C494

#F9C494 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.087 H 63.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C494
RGB	rgb(249, 196, 148)
HSL	hsl(29, 89%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(29, 41%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 40.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.79, 12.79, 31.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.79, 33.83, 67.78°)
OKLab	oklab(85.64% 0.039 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(85.64% 0.087 63.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.1543, 61.7612, 36.5532)
Luminance	0.6176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C494 #94C9F9

analogous

#F99496 #F9C494 #F9F794

triadic

#F9C494 #94F9C4 #C494F9

tetradic

#F9C494 #96F994 #94C9F9 #F794F9

square

#F9C494 #96F994 #94C9F9 #F794F9

split-complementary

#F9C494 #94F9F7 #9496F9

monochromatic

#F38420 #F6A45A #F9C494 #FCE4CE #FDEFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#F9C494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.35

#F9C494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C494

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C494	1.00	1.57	13.35	13.35
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C791

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D395

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 196, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.087 63.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdd5b4',
    500: '#f9c494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c494;
$custom-light: #fdd5b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.515,
    "s": 89.381,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85639,
    "c": 0.08713,
    "h": 63.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C494

secondary

#599CD9

accent

#78E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF8

border

#D7D4D1

text

#181411

muted

#868381

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C494

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

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