#F9C655#F9C655

#F9C655 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.141 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C655
RGB	rgb(249, 198, 85)
HSL	hsl(41, 93%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(41, 66%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 65.9%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.48, 6.58, 61.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.48, 62.04, 83.91°)
OKLab	oklab(85.14% 0.0137 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(85.14% 0.141 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.9041, 61.1878, 17.1951)
Luminance	0.6118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C655 #5588F9

analogous

#F97455 #F9C655 #DAF955

triadic

#F9C655 #55F9C6 #C655F9

tetradic

#F9C655 #55F974 #5588F9 #F955DA

square

#F9C655 #55F974 #5588F9 #F955DA

split-complementary

#F9C655 #55DAF9 #7455F9

monochromatic

#CC8F07 #F7B21A #F9C655 #FBDA90 #FDEECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#F9C655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#F9C655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C655

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C655	1.00	1.59	13.24	13.24
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 198, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.141 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd78a',
    500: '#f9c655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c655;
$custom-light: #ffd78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.341,
    "s": 93.182,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85142,
    "c": 0.14065,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C655

secondary

#2A5BC8

accent

#47E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C655

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

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