#F9C950#F9C950

#F9C950 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.145 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C950
RGB	rgb(249, 201, 80)
HSL	hsl(43, 93%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 68%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 67.9%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.18, 4.76, 64.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.18, 64.72, 85.79°)
OKLab	oklab(85.68% 0.0079 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(85.68% 0.145 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.4050, 62.4961, 16.4166)
Luminance	0.6249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C950 #5080F9

analogous

#F97550 #F9C950 #D4F950

triadic

#F9C950 #50F9C9 #C950F9

tetradic

#F9C950 #50F975 #5080F9 #F950D4

square

#F9C950 #50F975 #5080F9 #F950D4

split-complementary

#F9C950 #50D4F9 #7550F9

monochromatic

#C89107 #F7B715 #F9C950 #FBDB8B #FDEEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#F9C950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.50

#F9C950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C950

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C950	1.00	1.56	13.50	13.50
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 201, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.145 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd987',
    500: '#f9c950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c950;
$custom-light: #ffd987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.959,
    "s": 93.37,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85677,
    "c": 0.14545,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C950

secondary

#2955C4

accent

#41E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C950

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

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