#F9CA5E#F9CA5E

#F9CA5E is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.136 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9CA5E
RGB	rgb(249, 202, 94)
HSL	hsl(42, 93%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 62.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.54, 5.06, 58.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.54, 59.09, 85.09°)
OKLab	oklab(86.01% 0.0104 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(86.01% 0.136 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.2111, 63.1928, 19.5082)
Luminance	0.6319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9CA5E #5E8DF9

analogous

#F97C5E #F9CA5E #DBF95E

triadic

#F9CA5E #5EF9CA #CA5EF9

tetradic

#F9CA5E #5EF97C #5E8DF9 #F95EDB

square

#F9CA5E #5EF97C #5E8DF9 #F95EDB

split-complementary

#F9CA5E #5EDBF9 #7C5EF9

monochromatic

#D59708 #F7B723 #F9CA5E #FBDD99 #FDF1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#F9CA5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.64

#F9CA5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9CA5E

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9CA5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9CA5E	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)

#E0C953

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBAB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ca5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 202, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.136 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd98f',
    500: '#f9ca5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ca5e;
$custom-light: #ffd98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ca5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.806,
    "s": 92.814,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86005,
    "c": 0.13569,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9CA5E

secondary

#2C5DCF

accent

#46E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9CA5E

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

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