#F9C555#F9C555

#F9C555 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.140 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C555
RGB	rgb(249, 197, 85)
HSL	hsl(41, 93%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(41, 66%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 65.9%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.23, 7.10, 61.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.23, 61.83, 83.41°)
OKLab	oklab(84.95% 0.0153 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(84.95% 0.14 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.6763, 60.7321, 17.1192)
Luminance	0.6073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C555 #5589F9

analogous

#F97355 #F9C555 #DBF955

triadic

#F9C555 #55F9C5 #C555F9

tetradic

#F9C555 #55F973 #5589F9 #F955DB

square

#F9C555 #55F973 #5589F9 #F955DB

split-complementary

#F9C555 #55DBF9 #7355F9

monochromatic

#CC8E07 #F7B11A #F9C555 #FBD990 #FDEDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#F9C555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#F9C555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C555

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C555	1.00	1.60	13.15	13.15
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 197, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.140 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd68a',
    500: '#f9c555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c555;
$custom-light: #ffd68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.976,
    "s": 93.182,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8495,
    "c": 0.14025,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C555

secondary

#2A5CC8

accent

#49E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C555

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

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