#F9CB99#F9CB99

#F9CB99 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.083 H 68.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9CB99
RGB	rgb(249, 203, 153)
HSL	hsl(31, 89%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(31, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 38.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.56, 9.69, 31.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.56, 32.56, 72.68°)
OKLab	oklab(87.06% 0.0302 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(87.06% 0.083 68.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.1746, 65.1548, 39.2213)
Luminance	0.6515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9CB99 #99C7F9

analogous

#F99B99 #F9CB99 #F7F999

triadic

#F9CB99 #99F9CB #CB99F9

tetradic

#F9CB99 #99F99B #99C7F9 #F999F7

square

#F9CB99 #99F99B #99C7F9 #F999F7

split-complementary

#F9CB99 #99F7F9 #9B99F9

monochromatic

#F29025 #F6AE5F #F9CB99 #FCE8D3 #FDF0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#F9CB99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#F9CB99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9CB99

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9CB99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9CB99	1.00	1.50	14.03	14.03
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCD95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D79A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9cb99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 203, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.083 68.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fddab7',
    500: '#f9cb99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9cb99;
$custom-light: #fddab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9cb99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.25,
    "s": 88.889,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87057,
    "c": 0.08318,
    "h": 68.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9CB99

secondary

#5D99D9

accent

#6EE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF8

border

#D7D4D1

text

#181411

muted

#868381

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9CB99

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

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