#F9C497#F9C497

#F9C497 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.085 H 61.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C497
RGB	rgb(249, 196, 151)
HSL	hsl(28, 89%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(28, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 39.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.84, 13.12, 29.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.84, 32.58, 66.25°)
OKLab	oklab(85.7% 0.0402 0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(85.7% 0.085 61.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.3949, 61.8575, 37.8200)
Luminance	0.6185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C497 #97CCF9

analogous

#F9979B #F9C497 #F9F597

triadic

#F9C497 #97F9C4 #C497F9

tetradic

#F9C497 #9BF997 #97CCF9 #F597F9

square

#F9C497 #9BF997 #97CCF9 #F597F9

split-complementary

#F9C497 #97F9F5 #979BF9

monochromatic

#F28223 #F6A35D #F9C497 #FCE5D1 #FDEFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#F9C497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.37

#F9C497 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C497

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C497	1.00	1.57	13.37	13.37
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C794

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 196, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.085 61.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdd5b6',
    500: '#f9c497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c497;
$custom-light: #fdd5b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.551,
    "s": 89.091,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85696,
    "c": 0.08461,
    "h": 61.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C497

secondary

#5B9FD9

accent

#7CE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF8

border

#D7D4D1

text

#181411

muted

#868381

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C497

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

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