#F9C852#F9C852

#F9C852 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.144 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C852
RGB	rgb(249, 200, 82)
HSL	hsl(42, 93%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 67.1%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.95, 5.38, 63.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.95, 63.69, 85.16°)
OKLab	oklab(85.5% 0.0099 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(85.5% 0.144 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.2476, 62.0614, 16.7341)
Luminance	0.6206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C852 #5283F9

analogous

#F97452 #F9C852 #D7F952

triadic

#F9C852 #52F9C8 #C852F9

tetradic

#F9C852 #52F974 #5283F9 #F952D7

square

#F9C852 #52F974 #5283F9 #F952D7

split-complementary

#F9C852 #52D7F9 #7452F9

monochromatic

#CA9107 #F7B517 #F9C852 #FBDB8D #FDEEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#F9C852 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.41

#F9C852 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C852

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C852	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C852	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)

#DFC744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c852;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 200, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.144 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd888',
    500: '#f9c852',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c852;
$custom-light: #ffd888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c852",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.395,
    "s": 93.296,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85501,
    "c": 0.14362,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C852

secondary

#2957C6

accent

#43E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C852

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

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