#F9CD59#F9CD59

#F9CD59 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.141 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9CD59
RGB	rgb(249, 205, 89)
HSL	hsl(44, 93%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(44, 64%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 64.3%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.24, 3.20, 61.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.24, 61.93, 87.04°)
OKLab	oklab(86.54% 0.0044 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(86.54% 0.141 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.7047, 64.5274, 18.6015)
Luminance	0.6452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9CD59 #5985F9

analogous

#F97D59 #F9CD59 #D5F959

triadic

#F9CD59 #59F9CD #CD59F9

tetradic

#F9CD59 #59F97D #5985F9 #F959D5

square

#F9CD59 #59F97D #5985F9 #F959D5

split-complementary

#F9CD59 #59D5F9 #7D59F9

monochromatic

#D09908 #F7BB1E #F9CD59 #FBDF94 #FDF1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#F9CD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.90

#F9CD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9CD59

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9CD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9CD59	1.00	1.51	13.90	13.90
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9cd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 205, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.141 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdb8c',
    500: '#f9cd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9cd59;
$custom-light: #ffdb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9cd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.5,
    "s": 93.023,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86538,
    "c": 0.141,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9CD59

secondary

#2B57CB

accent

#3FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9CD59

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

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