#F9C496#F9C496

#F9C496 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.085 H 62.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C496
RGB	rgb(249, 196, 150)
HSL	hsl(28, 89%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(28, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 39.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.82, 13.01, 30.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.82, 32.99, 66.78°)
OKLab	oklab(85.68% 0.0398 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(85.68% 0.085 62.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.3140, 61.8251, 37.3941)
Luminance	0.6182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C496 #96CBF9

analogous

#F99699 #F9C496 #F9F696

triadic

#F9C496 #96F9C4 #C496F9

tetradic

#F9C496 #99F996 #96CBF9 #F696F9

square

#F9C496 #99F996 #96CBF9 #F696F9

split-complementary

#F9C496 #96F9F6 #9699F9

monochromatic

#F28322 #F6A35C #F9C496 #FCE5D0 #FDEFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#F9C496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.36

#F9C496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C496

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C496	1.00	1.57	13.36	13.36
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C793

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 196, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.085 62.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdd5b5',
    500: '#f9c496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c496;
$custom-light: #fdd5b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.879,
    "s": 89.189,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85677,
    "c": 0.08545,
    "h": 62.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C496

secondary

#5A9ED9

accent

#7BE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF8

border

#D7D4D1

text

#181411

muted

#868381

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C496

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

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