#F9CA72#F9CA72

#F9CA72 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.119 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9CA72
RGB	rgb(249, 202, 114)
HSL	hsl(39, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(39, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 54.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.76, 6.49, 49.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.76, 50.17, 82.57°)
OKLab	oklab(86.24% 0.0171 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(86.24% 0.119 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.2276, 63.5994, 24.8619)
Luminance	0.6360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9CA72 #72A1F9

analogous

#F98672 #F9CA72 #E4F972

triadic

#F9CA72 #72F9CA #CA72F9

tetradic

#F9CA72 #72F986 #72A1F9 #F972E4

square

#F9CA72 #72F986 #72A1F9 #F972E4

split-complementary

#F9CA72 #72E4F9 #8672F9

monochromatic

#E79A0A #F7B437 #F9CA72 #FBE0AD #FEF4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#F9CA72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.72

#F9CA72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9CA72

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9CA72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9CA72	1.00	1.53	13.72	13.72
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECA6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D675

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ca72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 202, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.119 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fed99c',
    500: '#f9ca72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ca72;
$custom-light: #fed99c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ca72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.111,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86241,
    "c": 0.11902,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9CA72

secondary

#3B70D4

accent

#50E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140E

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9CA72

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

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