#F9C562#F9C562

#F9C562 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.130 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C562
RGB	rgb(249, 197, 98)
HSL	hsl(39, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(39, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 60.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.36, 7.91, 55.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.36, 56.27, 81.92°)
OKLab	oklab(85.08% 0.0192 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(85.08% 0.13 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.2410, 60.9580, 20.0934)
Luminance	0.6095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C562 #6296F9

analogous

#F97962 #F9C562 #E1F962

triadic

#F9C562 #62F9C5 #C562F9

tetradic

#F9C562 #62F979 #6296F9 #F962E1

square

#F9C562 #62F979 #6296F9 #F962E1

split-complementary

#F9C562 #62E1F9 #7962F9

monochromatic

#D89108 #F7AF27 #F9C562 #FBDB9D #FEF1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#F9C562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19

#F9C562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C562

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C562	1.00	1.59	13.19	13.19
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC558

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 197, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.130 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd692',
    500: '#f9c562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c562;
$custom-light: #ffd692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.338,
    "s": 92.638,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85084,
    "c": 0.13046,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C562

secondary

#2D66D2

accent

#4FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C562

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

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