#F9C577#F9C577

#F9C577 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.113 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C577
RGB	rgb(249, 197, 119)
HSL	hsl(36, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(36, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 52.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.60, 9.49, 45.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.60, 46.86, 78.31°)
OKLab	oklab(85.35% 0.0265 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(85.35% 0.113 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.3658, 61.4079, 26.0172)
Luminance	0.6140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C577 #77ABF9

analogous

#F98477 #F9C577 #ECF977

triadic

#F9C577 #77F9C5 #C577F9

tetradic

#F9C577 #77F984 #77ABF9 #F977EC

square

#F9C577 #77F984 #77ABF9 #F977EC

split-complementary

#F9C577 #77ECF9 #8477F9

monochromatic

#EB910A #F6AC3C #F9C577 #FCDEB2 #FEF3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#F9C577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.28

#F9C577 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C577

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C577	1.00	1.58	13.28	13.28
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C670

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 197, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.113 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fed6a0',
    500: '#f9c577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c577;
$custom-light: #fed6a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 91.549,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85352,
    "c": 0.11283,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C577

secondary

#3F7BD5

accent

#5CE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140F

muted

#868380

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C577

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

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