#F9CC8A#F9CC8A

#F9CC8A is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.098 H 76.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9CC8A
RGB	rgb(249, 204, 138)
HSL	hsl(36, 90%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(36, 45%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 44.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.57, 7.60, 38.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.57, 39.54, 78.92°)
OKLab	oklab(86.98% 0.0228 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(86.98% 0.098 76.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.2495, 65.1638, 33.1808)
Luminance	0.6516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9CC8A #8AB7F9

analogous

#F9948A #F9CC8A #EEF98A

triadic

#F9CC8A #8AF9CC #CC8AF9

tetradic

#F9CC8A #8AF994 #8AB7F9 #F98AEE

square

#F9CC8A #8AF994 #8AB7F9 #F98AEE

split-complementary

#F9CC8A #8AEEF9 #948AF9

monochromatic

#F39916 #F6B350 #F9CC8A #FCE5C4 #FEF2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#F9CC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#F9CC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9CC8A

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9CC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9CC8A	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)

#DECD85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D88C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9cc8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 204, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.098 76.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fddbad',
    500: '#f9cc8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9cc8a;
$custom-light: #fddbad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9cc8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.676,
    "s": 90.244,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86982,
    "c": 0.0976,
    "h": 76.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9CC8A

secondary

#5087D7

accent

#5DE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF7

border

#D7D4D0

text

#181510

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9CC8A

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

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