#F9CB55#F9CB55

#F9CB55 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.143 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9CB55
RGB	rgb(249, 203, 85)
HSL	hsl(43, 93%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 66%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 65.9%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.71, 4.00, 63.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.71, 63.13, 86.37°)
OKLab	oklab(86.11% 0.0063 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(86.11% 0.143 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.0659, 63.5113, 17.5824)
Luminance	0.6351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9CB55 #5583F9

analogous

#F97955 #F9CB55 #D5F955

triadic

#F9CB55 #55F9CB #CB55F9

tetradic

#F9CB55 #55F979 #5583F9 #F955D5

square

#F9CB55 #55F979 #5583F9 #F955D5

split-complementary

#F9CB55 #55D5F9 #7955F9

monochromatic

#CC9507 #F7B91A #F9CB55 #FBDD90 #FDEFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#F9CB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#F9CB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9CB55

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9CB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9CB55	1.00	1.53	13.70	13.70
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9cb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 203, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.143 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffda8a',
    500: '#f9cb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9cb55;
$custom-light: #ffda8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9cb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.171,
    "s": 93.182,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86111,
    "c": 0.14292,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9CB55

secondary

#2A56C8

accent

#40E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9CB55

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

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