#F9C55F#F9C55F

#F9C55F is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.133 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C55F
RGB	rgb(249, 197, 95)
HSL	hsl(40, 93%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(40, 62%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 61.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.33, 7.71, 57.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.33, 57.58, 82.31°)
OKLab	oklab(85.05% 0.0183 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(85.05% 0.133 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.1020, 60.9024, 19.3613)
Luminance	0.6090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C55F #5F93F9

analogous

#F9785F #F9C55F #E0F95F

triadic

#F9C55F #5FF9C5 #C55FF9

tetradic

#F9C55F #5FF978 #5F93F9 #F95FE0

square

#F9C55F #5FF978 #5F93F9 #F95FE0

split-complementary

#F9C55F #5FE0F9 #785FF9

monochromatic

#D69008 #F7B024 #F9C55F #FBDA9A #FDF0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#F9C55F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#F9C55F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C55F

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C55F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C55F	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)

#DBC555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c55f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 197, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.133 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd690',
    500: '#f9c55f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c55f;
$custom-light: #ffd690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c55f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.74,
    "s": 92.771,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85051,
    "c": 0.1328,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C55F

secondary

#2C64D0

accent

#4DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C55F

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

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