#F9C55E#F9C55E

#F9C55E is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.134 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C55E
RGB	rgb(249, 197, 94)
HSL	hsl(40, 93%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(40, 62%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 62.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.32, 7.64, 57.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.32, 58.01, 82.43°)
OKLab	oklab(85.04% 0.018 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(85.04% 0.134 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.0569, 60.8844, 19.1235)
Luminance	0.6088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C55E #5E92F9

analogous

#F9785E #F9C55E #DFF95E

triadic

#F9C55E #5EF9C5 #C55EF9

tetradic

#F9C55E #5EF978 #5E92F9 #F95EDF

square

#F9C55E #5EF978 #5E92F9 #F95EDF

split-complementary

#F9C55E #5EDFF9 #785EF9

monochromatic

#D59008 #F7B023 #F9C55E #FBDA99 #FDF0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#F9C55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#F9C55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C55E

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C55E	1.00	1.59	13.18	13.18
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC553

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 197, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.134 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd68f',
    500: '#f9c55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c55e;
$custom-light: #ffd68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.871,
    "s": 92.814,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8504,
    "c": 0.13357,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C55E

secondary

#2C63CF

accent

#4DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C55E

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

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