#F9CD56#F9CD56

#F9CD56 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.143 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9CD56
RGB	rgb(249, 205, 86)
HSL	hsl(44, 93%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(44, 65%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 65.5%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.21, 3.03, 63.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.21, 63.19, 87.26°)
OKLab	oklab(86.51% 0.0036 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(86.51% 0.143 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.5813, 64.4780, 17.9516)
Luminance	0.6447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9CD56 #5682F9

analogous

#F97B56 #F9CD56 #D3F956

triadic

#F9CD56 #56F9CD #CD56F9

tetradic

#F9CD56 #56F97B #5682F9 #F956D3

square

#F9CD56 #56F97B #5682F9 #F956D3

split-complementary

#F9CD56 #56D3F9 #7B56F9

monochromatic

#CD9807 #F7BC1B #F9CD56 #FBDE91 #FDF0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#F9CD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#F9CD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9CD56

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9CD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9CD56	1.00	1.51	13.89	13.89
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9cd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 205, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.143 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdb8b',
    500: '#f9cd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9cd56;
$custom-light: #ffdb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9cd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.804,
    "s": 93.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8651,
    "c": 0.14321,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9CD56

secondary

#2A55C9

accent

#3EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9CD56

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

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