#F9C55D#F9C55D

#F9C55D is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.134 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C55D
RGB	rgb(249, 197, 93)
HSL	hsl(40, 93%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(40, 63%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 62.7%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.31, 7.58, 57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.31, 58.44, 82.55°)
OKLab	oklab(85.03% 0.0177 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(85.03% 0.134 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.0123, 60.8665, 18.8887)
Luminance	0.6086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C55D #5D91F9

analogous

#F9775D #F9C55D #DFF95D

triadic

#F9C55D #5DF9C5 #C55DF9

tetradic

#F9C55D #5DF977 #5D91F9 #F95DDF

square

#F9C55D #5DF977 #5D91F9 #F95DDF

split-complementary

#F9C55D #5DDFF9 #775DF9

monochromatic

#D49008 #F7B022 #F9C55D #FBDA98 #FDEFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#F9C55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17

#F9C55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C55D

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C55D	1.00	1.59	13.17	13.17
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 197, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.134 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd68e',
    500: '#f9c55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c55d;
$custom-light: #ffd68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8503,
    "c": 0.13434,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C55D

secondary

#2C62CE

accent

#4CE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C55D

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

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