#F9CA50#F9CA50

#F9CA50 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.146 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9CA50
RGB	rgb(249, 202, 80)
HSL	hsl(43, 93%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 68%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 67.9%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.42, 4.24, 64.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.42, 64.94, 86.26°)
OKLab	oklab(85.87% 0.0064 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(85.87% 0.146 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.6388, 62.9639, 16.4945)
Luminance	0.6296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9CA50 #507FF9

analogous

#F97650 #F9CA50 #D3F950

triadic

#F9CA50 #50F9CA #CA50F9

tetradic

#F9CA50 #50F976 #507FF9 #F950D3

square

#F9CA50 #50F976 #507FF9 #F950D3

split-complementary

#F9CA50 #50D3F9 #7650F9

monochromatic

#C89207 #F7B815 #F9CA50 #FBDC8B #FDEEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#F9CA50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#F9CA50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9CA50

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9CA50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9CA50	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)

#E1C841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ca50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 202, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.146 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd987',
    500: '#f9ca50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ca50;
$custom-light: #ffd987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ca50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.314,
    "s": 93.37,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85872,
    "c": 0.14593,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9CA50

secondary

#2954C4

accent

#40E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9CA50

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

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