#F9C96D#F9C96D

#F9C96D is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.123 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C96D
RGB	rgb(249, 201, 109)
HSL	hsl(39, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(39, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 56.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.45, 6.62, 51.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.45, 52.22, 82.72°)
OKLab	oklab(85.98% 0.0168 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(85.98% 0.123 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.7169, 63.0209, 23.3259)
Luminance	0.6302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C96D #6D9DF9

analogous

#F9836D #F9C96D #E3F96D

triadic

#F9C96D #6DF9C9 #C96DF9

tetradic

#F9C96D #6DF983 #6D9DF9 #F96DE3

square

#F9C96D #6DF983 #6D9DF9 #F96DE3

split-complementary

#F9C96D #6DE3F9 #836DF9

monochromatic

#E29809 #F7B332 #F9C96D #FBDFA8 #FEF4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#F9C96D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#F9C96D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C96D

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C96D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C96D	1.00	1.54	13.60	13.60
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC965

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D570

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c96d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 201, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.123 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fed999',
    500: '#f9c96d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c96d;
$custom-light: #fed999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c96d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.429,
    "s": 92.105,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85984,
    "c": 0.12295,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C96D

secondary

#376CD4

accent

#4FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140E

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C96D

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

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