#F9C55A#F9C55A

#F9C55A is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.137 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C55A
RGB	rgb(249, 197, 90)
HSL	hsl(40, 93%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 63.9%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.28, 7.39, 59.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.28, 59.73, 82.89°)
OKLab	oklab(85% 0.0167 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(85% 0.137 83)
XYZ	xyz(60.8820, 60.8144, 18.2026)
Luminance	0.6081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C55A #5A8EF9

analogous

#F9765A #F9C55A #DEF95A

triadic

#F9C55A #5AF9C5 #C55AF9

tetradic

#F9C55A #5AF976 #5A8EF9 #F95ADE

square

#F9C55A #5AF976 #5A8EF9 #F95ADE

split-complementary

#F9C55A #5ADEF9 #765AF9

monochromatic

#D18F08 #F7B01F #F9C55A #FBDA95 #FDEFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#F9C55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#F9C55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C55A

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C55A	1.00	1.60	13.16	13.16
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC54E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 197, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.137 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd68d',
    500: '#f9c55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c55a;
$custom-light: #ffd68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.377,
    "s": 92.982,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84999,
    "c": 0.13661,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.6081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C55A

secondary

#2B60CC

accent

#4BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C55A

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

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