#F9C879#F9C879

#F9C879 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.112 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C879
RGB	rgb(249, 200, 121)
HSL	hsl(37, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(37, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 51.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.35, 8.10, 45.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.35, 46.54, 79.97°)
OKLab	oklab(85.95% 0.0226 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(85.95% 0.112 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.1752, 62.8324, 26.8858)
Luminance	0.6283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C879 #79AAF9

analogous

#F98879 #F9C879 #EAF979

triadic

#F9C879 #79F9C8 #C879F9

tetradic

#F9C879 #79F988 #79AAF9 #F979EA

square

#F9C879 #79F988 #79AAF9 #F979EA

split-complementary

#F9C879 #79EAF9 #8879F9

monochromatic

#ED960B #F6B03E #F9C879 #FCE0B4 #FEF3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#F9C879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.57

#F9C879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C879

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C879	1.00	1.55	13.57	13.57
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC972

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D57B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 200, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.112 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fed8a1',
    500: '#f9c879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c879;
$custom-light: #fed8a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.031,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85953,
    "c": 0.11199,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C879

secondary

#417AD5

accent

#58E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140F

muted

#868380

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C879

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

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