#F9CA79#F9CA79

#F9CA79 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.113 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9CA79
RGB	rgb(249, 202, 121)
HSL	hsl(38, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(38, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 51.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.84, 7.07, 46.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.84, 46.96, 81.35°)
OKLab	oklab(86.34% 0.0196 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(86.34% 0.113 80)
XYZ	xyz(63.6414, 63.7649, 27.0412)
Luminance	0.6376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9CA79 #79A8F9

analogous

#F98A79 #F9CA79 #E8F979

triadic

#F9CA79 #79F9CA #CA79F9

tetradic

#F9CA79 #79F98A #79A8F9 #F979E8

square

#F9CA79 #79F98A #79A8F9 #F979E8

split-complementary

#F9CA79 #79E8F9 #8A79F9

monochromatic

#ED9A0B #F6B33E #F9CA79 #FCE1B4 #FEF3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#F9CA79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.75

#F9CA79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9CA79

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9CA79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9CA79	1.00	1.53	13.75	13.75
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECA72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D67B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ca79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 202, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.113 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fedaa1',
    500: '#f9ca79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ca79;
$custom-light: #fedaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ca79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.969,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86337,
    "c": 0.11274,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.63761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9CA79

secondary

#4177D5

accent

#54E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140F

muted

#868380

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9CA79

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

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