#F9C855#F9C855

#F9C855 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.142 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C855
RGB	rgb(249, 200, 85)
HSL	hsl(42, 93%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 65.9%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.97, 5.55, 62.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.97, 62.46, 84.91°)
OKLab	oklab(85.53% 0.0107 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(85.53% 0.142 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.3643, 62.1081, 17.3485)
Luminance	0.6210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C855 #5586F9

analogous

#F97655 #F9C855 #D8F955

triadic

#F9C855 #55F9C8 #C855F9

tetradic

#F9C855 #55F976 #5586F9 #F955D8

square

#F9C855 #55F976 #5586F9 #F955D8

split-complementary

#F9C855 #55D8F9 #7655F9

monochromatic

#CC9107 #F7B51A #F9C855 #FBDB90 #FDEECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#F9C855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42

#F9C855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C855

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C855	1.00	1.56	13.42	13.42
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 200, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.142 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd88a',
    500: '#f9c855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c855;
$custom-light: #ffd88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.073,
    "s": 93.182,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85528,
    "c": 0.14151,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C855

secondary

#2A59C8

accent

#45E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C855

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

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