#F9CD5E#F9CD5E

#F9CD5E is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.137 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9CD5E
RGB	rgb(249, 205, 94)
HSL	hsl(43, 93%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(43, 62%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 62.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.28, 3.51, 59.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.28, 59.80, 86.64°)
OKLab	oklab(86.59% 0.0059 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(86.59% 0.137 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.9218, 64.6142, 19.7451)
Luminance	0.6461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9CD5E #5E8AF9

analogous

#F9805E #F9CD5E #D7F95E

triadic

#F9CD5E #5EF9CD #CD5EF9

tetradic

#F9CD5E #5EF980 #5E8AF9 #F95ED7

square

#F9CD5E #5EF980 #5E8AF9 #F95ED7

split-complementary

#F9CD5E #5ED7F9 #805EF9

monochromatic

#D59B08 #F7BB23 #F9CD5E #FBDF99 #FDF2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#F9CD5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.92

#F9CD5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9CD5E

13.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9CD5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9CD5E	1.00	1.51	13.92	13.92
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CB52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9cd5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 205, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.137 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdc90',
    500: '#f9cd5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9cd5e;
$custom-light: #ffdc90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9cd5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.968,
    "s": 92.814,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86588,
    "c": 0.13718,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9CD5E

secondary

#2C5ACF

accent

#41E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9CD5E

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

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