#F9C871#F9C871

#F9C871 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.119 H 80.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C871
RGB	rgb(249, 200, 113)
HSL	hsl(38, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(38, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 54.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.25, 7.45, 49.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.25, 50.19, 81.47°)
OKLab	oklab(85.84% 0.0197 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(85.84% 0.119 80.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.7048, 62.6443, 24.4084)
Luminance	0.6264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C871 #71A2F9

analogous

#F98471 #F9C871 #E6F971

triadic

#F9C871 #71F9C8 #C871F9

tetradic

#F9C871 #71F984 #71A2F9 #F971E6

square

#F9C871 #71F984 #71A2F9 #F971E6

split-complementary

#F9C871 #71E6F9 #8471F9

monochromatic

#E6970A #F7B136 #F9C871 #FBDFAC #FEF4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#F9C871 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.53

#F9C871 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C871

13.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C871	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C871	1.00	1.55	13.53	13.53
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC869

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D474

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c871;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 200, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.119 80.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fed89c',
    500: '#f9c871',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c871;
$custom-light: #fed89c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c871",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.382,
    "s": 91.892,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85843,
    "c": 0.11909,
    "h": 80.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C871

secondary

#3A72D4

accent

#53E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140E

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C871

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

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