#F9C56B#F9C56B

#F9C56B is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.123 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C56B
RGB	rgb(249, 197, 107)
HSL	hsl(38, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(38, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 57%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.45, 8.54, 51.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.45, 52.28, 80.59°)
OKLab	oklab(85.19% 0.0222 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(85.19% 0.123 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.6901, 61.1376, 22.4585)
Luminance	0.6113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C56B #6B9FF9

analogous

#F97E6B #F9C56B #E6F96B

triadic

#F9C56B #6BF9C5 #C56BF9

tetradic

#F9C56B #6BF97E #6B9FF9 #F96BE6

square

#F9C56B #6BF97E #6B9FF9 #F96BE6

split-complementary

#F9C56B #6BE6F9 #7E6BF9

monochromatic

#E09209 #F7AE30 #F9C56B #FBDCA6 #FEF3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#F9C56B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.23

#F9C56B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C56B

13.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C56B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C56B	1.00	1.59	13.23	13.23
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC663

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D26E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c56b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 197, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.123 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fed698',
    500: '#f9c56b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c56b;
$custom-light: #fed698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c56b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.028,
    "s": 92.208,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85191,
    "c": 0.12312,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C56B

secondary

#356FD3

accent

#54E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140E

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C56B

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

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