#F9C65E#F9C65E

#F9C65E is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.134 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C65E
RGB	rgb(249, 198, 94)
HSL	hsl(40, 93%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(40, 62%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 62.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.56, 7.13, 57.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.56, 58.22, 82.97°)
OKLab	oklab(85.23% 0.0165 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(85.23% 0.134 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.2847, 61.3400, 19.1994)
Luminance	0.6134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C65E #5E91F9

analogous

#F9795E #F9C65E #DFF95E

triadic

#F9C65E #5EF9C6 #C65EF9

tetradic

#F9C65E #5EF979 #5E91F9 #F95EDF

square

#F9C65E #5EF979 #5E91F9 #F95EDF

split-complementary

#F9C65E #5EDFF9 #795EF9

monochromatic

#D59108 #F7B123 #F9C65E #FBDB99 #FDF0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#F9C65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.27

#F9C65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C65E

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C65E	1.00	1.58	13.27	13.27
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 198, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.134 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd78f',
    500: '#f9c65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c65e;
$custom-light: #ffd78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.258,
    "s": 92.814,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85232,
    "c": 0.13396,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C65E

secondary

#2C62CF

accent

#4CE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C65E

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

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