#F9C850#F9C850

#F9C850 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.145 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C850
RGB	rgb(249, 200, 80)
HSL	hsl(43, 93%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 68%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 67.9%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.93, 5.27, 64.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.93, 64.50, 85.31°)
OKLab	oklab(85.48% 0.0093 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(85.48% 0.145 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.1726, 62.0314, 16.3391)
Luminance	0.6203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C850 #5081F9

analogous

#F97450 #F9C850 #D5F950

triadic

#F9C850 #50F9C8 #C850F9

tetradic

#F9C850 #50F974 #5081F9 #F950D5

square

#F9C850 #50F974 #5081F9 #F950D5

split-complementary

#F9C850 #50D5F9 #7450F9

monochromatic

#C89007 #F7B515 #F9C850 #FBDB8B #FDEDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#F9C850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.41

#F9C850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C850

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C850	1.00	1.57	13.41	13.41
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 200, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.145 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd887',
    500: '#f9c850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c850;
$custom-light: #ffd887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.604,
    "s": 93.37,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85483,
    "c": 0.145,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C850

secondary

#2956C4

accent

#43E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C850

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

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