#F9C796#F9C796

#F9C796 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.085 H 65.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C796
RGB	rgb(249, 199, 150)
HSL	hsl(30, 89%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(30, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 39.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.54, 11.44, 31.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.54, 33.31, 69.91°)
OKLab	oklab(86.24% 0.0352 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(86.24% 0.085 65.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.9974, 63.1920, 37.6219)
Luminance	0.6319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C796 #96C8F9

analogous

#F99696 #F9C796 #F9F896

triadic

#F9C796 #96F9C7 #C796F9

tetradic

#F9C796 #96F996 #96C8F9 #F896F9

square

#F9C796 #96F996 #96C8F9 #F896F9

split-complementary

#F9C796 #96F9F8 #9696F9

monochromatic

#F28922 #F6A85C #F9C796 #FCE6D0 #FDF0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#F9C796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.64

#F9C796 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C796

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C796	1.00	1.54	13.64	13.64
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7CA93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 199, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.085 65.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdd8b5',
    500: '#f9c796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c796;
$custom-light: #fdd8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.697,
    "s": 89.189,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86242,
    "c": 0.08546,
    "h": 65.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C796

secondary

#5A9AD9

accent

#74E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF8

border

#D7D4D1

text

#181411

muted

#868381

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C796

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

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