#F9C975#F9C975

#F9C975 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.116 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9C975
RGB	rgb(249, 201, 117)
HSL	hsl(38, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(38, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 53%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.55, 7.25, 48.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.55, 48.58, 81.42°)
OKLab	oklab(86.09% 0.0196 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(86.09% 0.116 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.1673, 63.2010, 25.6981)
Luminance	0.6320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9C975 #75A5F9

analogous

#F98775 #F9C975 #E7F975

triadic

#F9C975 #75F9C9 #C975F9

tetradic

#F9C975 #75F987 #75A5F9 #F975E7

square

#F9C975 #75F987 #75A5F9 #F975E7

split-complementary

#F9C975 #75E7F9 #8775F9

monochromatic

#E9980A #F6B23A #F9C975 #FCE0B0 #FEF4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#F9C975 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.64

#F9C975 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9C975

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9C975	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9C975	1.00	1.54	13.64	13.64
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC96E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D578

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBBB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9c975;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 201, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.116 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fed99e',
    500: '#f9c975',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9c975;
$custom-light: #fed99e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9c975",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 91.667,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86089,
    "c": 0.11594,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9C975

secondary

#3D74D5

accent

#53E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140E

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9C975

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

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