#F9CB5E#F9CB5E

#F9CB5E is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.136 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9CB5E
RGB	rgb(249, 203, 94)
HSL	hsl(42, 93%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 62.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.79, 4.54, 59.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.79, 59.33, 85.61°)
OKLab	oklab(86.2% 0.0089 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(86.2% 0.136 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.4465, 63.6635, 19.5867)
Luminance	0.6366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9CB5E #5E8CF9

analogous

#F97E5E #F9CB5E #D9F95E

triadic

#F9CB5E #5EF9CB #CB5EF9

tetradic

#F9CB5E #5EF97E #5E8CF9 #F95ED9

square

#F9CB5E #5EF97E #5E8CF9 #F95ED9

split-complementary

#F9CB5E #5ED9F9 #7E5EF9

monochromatic

#D59808 #F7B823 #F9CB5E #FBDE99 #FDF1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#F9CB5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#F9CB5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9CB5E

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9CB5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9CB5E	1.00	1.53	13.73	13.73
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9cb5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 203, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.136 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffda8f',
    500: '#f9cb5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9cb5e;
$custom-light: #ffda8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9cb5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.194,
    "s": 92.814,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86199,
    "c": 0.13617,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9CB5E

secondary

#2C5CCF

accent

#44E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9CB5E

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

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