#F9CA55#F9CA55

#F9CA55 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.142 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9CA55
RGB	rgb(249, 202, 85)
HSL	hsl(43, 93%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 66%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 65.9%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.46, 4.51, 62.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.46, 62.90, 85.89°)
OKLab	oklab(85.92% 0.0078 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(85.92% 0.142 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.8305, 63.0405, 17.5039)
Luminance	0.6304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9CA55 #5584F9

analogous

#F97855 #F9CA55 #D6F955

triadic

#F9CA55 #55F9CA #CA55F9

tetradic

#F9CA55 #55F978 #5584F9 #F955D6

square

#F9CA55 #55F978 #5584F9 #F955D6

split-complementary

#F9CA55 #55D6F9 #7855F9

monochromatic

#CC9407 #F7B81A #F9CA55 #FBDC90 #FDEFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#F9CA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.61

#F9CA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9CA55

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9CA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9CA55	1.00	1.54	13.61	13.61
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ca55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 202, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.142 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd98a',
    500: '#f9ca55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ca55;
$custom-light: #ffd98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ca55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.805,
    "s": 93.182,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85916,
    "c": 0.14243,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9CA55

secondary

#2A57C8

accent

#42E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9CA55

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

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