#F9C74B#F9C74B

#F9C74B is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.148 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C74B
RGB	rgb(249, 199, 75)
HSL	hsl(43, 94%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 69.9%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.65, 5.53, 66.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.65, 66.28, 85.21°)
OKLab	oklab(85.25% 0.0095 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(85.25% 0.148 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.7639, 61.4986, 15.3252)
Luminance	0.6149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C74B #4B7DF9

analogous

#F9704B #F9C74B #D4F94B

triadic

#F9C74B #4BF9C7 #C74BF9

tetradic

#F9C74B #4BF970 #4B7DF9 #F94BD4

square

#F9C74B #4BF970 #4B7DF9 #F94BD4

split-complementary

#F9C74B #4BD4F9 #704BF9

monochromatic

#C38D07 #F7B510 #F9C74B #FBD986 #FDECC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#F9C74B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.30

#F9C74B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C74B

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C74B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C74B	1.00	1.58	13.30	13.30
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC63A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c74b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 199, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.148 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd784',
    500: '#f9c74b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c74b;
$custom-light: #ffd784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c74b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.759,
    "s": 93.548,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85248,
    "c": 0.14787,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C74B

secondary

#2854C0

accent

#42E600

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#19140B

muted

#87837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C74B

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

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