#F9C779#F9C779

#F9C779 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.112 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C779
RGB	rgb(249, 199, 121)
HSL	hsl(37, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(37, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 51.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.11, 8.62, 45.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.11, 46.34, 79.27°)
OKLab	oklab(85.76% 0.0241 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(85.76% 0.112 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.9443, 62.3708, 26.8088)
Luminance	0.6237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C779 #79ABF9

analogous

#F98779 #F9C779 #EBF979

triadic

#F9C779 #79F9C7 #C779F9

tetradic

#F9C779 #79F987 #79ABF9 #F979EB

square

#F9C779 #79F987 #79ABF9 #F979EB

split-complementary

#F9C779 #79EBF9 #8779F9

monochromatic

#ED950B #F6AF3E #F9C779 #FCDFB4 #FEF3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#F9C779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.47

#F9C779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C779

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C779	1.00	1.56	13.47	13.47
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC873

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D47B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 199, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.112 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fed7a1',
    500: '#f9c779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c779;
$custom-light: #fed7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.563,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85762,
    "c": 0.11166,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C779

secondary

#417BD5

accent

#5AE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140F

muted

#868380

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C779

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

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