#F9C969#F9C969

#F9C969 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.126 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C969
RGB	rgb(249, 201, 105)
HSL	hsl(40, 92%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(40, 58%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 57.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.41, 6.32, 53.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.41, 54.02, 83.28°)
OKLab	oklab(85.93% 0.0155 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(85.93% 0.126 83)
XYZ	xyz(62.5064, 62.9367, 22.2176)
Luminance	0.6293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C969 #6999F9

analogous

#F98169 #F9C969 #E1F969

triadic

#F9C969 #69F9C9 #C969F9

tetradic

#F9C969 #69F981 #6999F9 #F969E1

square

#F9C969 #69F981 #6999F9 #F969E1

split-complementary

#F9C969 #69E1F9 #8169F9

monochromatic

#DF9709 #F7B42E #F9C969 #FBDEA4 #FEF3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#F9C969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#F9C969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C969

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C969	1.00	1.55	13.59	13.59
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC960

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D56C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 201, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.126 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fed996',
    500: '#f9c969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c969;
$custom-light: #fed996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 92.308,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85935,
    "c": 0.12634,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.62933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C969

secondary

#3368D3

accent

#4CE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140E

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C969

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

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