#F9CC5E#F9CC5E

#F9CC5E is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.137 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9CC5E
RGB	rgb(249, 204, 94)
HSL	hsl(43, 93%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(43, 62%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 62.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.04, 4.02, 59.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.04, 59.56, 86.13°)
OKLab	oklab(86.39% 0.0074 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(86.39% 0.137 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.6834, 64.1374, 19.6656)
Luminance	0.6413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9CC5E #5E8BF9

analogous

#F97F5E #F9CC5E #D8F95E

triadic

#F9CC5E #5EF9CC #CC5EF9

tetradic

#F9CC5E #5EF97F #5E8BF9 #F95ED8

square

#F9CC5E #5EF97F #5E8BF9 #F95ED8

split-complementary

#F9CC5E #5ED8F9 #7F5EF9

monochromatic

#D59908 #F7B923 #F9CC5E #FBDF99 #FDF1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#F9CC5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.83

#F9CC5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9CC5E

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9CC5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9CC5E	1.00	1.52	13.83	13.83
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CB52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9cc5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 204, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.137 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdb8f',
    500: '#f9cc5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9cc5e;
$custom-light: #ffdb8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9cc5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.581,
    "s": 92.814,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86393,
    "c": 0.13667,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9CC5E

secondary

#2C5BCF

accent

#43E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9CC5E

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

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