#F9C679#F9C679

#F9C679 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.111 H 76.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C679
RGB	rgb(249, 198, 121)
HSL	hsl(36, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(36, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 51.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.87, 9.14, 45.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.87, 46.14, 78.57°)
OKLab	oklab(85.57% 0.0257 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(85.57% 0.111 76.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.7150, 61.9121, 26.7324)
Luminance	0.6191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C679 #79ACF9

analogous

#F98679 #F9C679 #ECF979

triadic

#F9C679 #79F9C6 #C679F9

tetradic

#F9C679 #79F986 #79ACF9 #F979EC

square

#F9C679 #79F986 #79ACF9 #F979EC

split-complementary

#F9C679 #79ECF9 #8679F9

monochromatic

#ED930B #F6AD3E #F9C679 #FCDFB4 #FEF3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#F9C679 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.38

#F9C679 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C679

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C679	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C679	1.00	1.57	13.38	13.38
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC773

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D37B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c679;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 198, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.111 76.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fed7a1',
    500: '#f9c679',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c679;
$custom-light: #fed7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c679",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.094,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85571,
    "c": 0.11134,
    "h": 76.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C679

secondary

#417CD5

accent

#5BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140F

muted

#868380

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C679

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

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