#F9CD66#F9CD66

#F9CD66 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.131 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9CD66
RGB	rgb(249, 205, 102)
HSL	hsl(42, 92%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(42, 59%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 59%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.36, 4.04, 56.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.36, 56.30, 85.88°)
OKLab	oklab(86.67% 0.0085 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(86.67% 0.131 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.2996, 64.7653, 21.7347)
Luminance	0.6476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9CD66 #6692F9

analogous

#F98466 #F9CD66 #DCF966

triadic

#F9CD66 #66F9CD #CD66F9

tetradic

#F9CD66 #66F984 #6692F9 #F966DC

square

#F9CD66 #66F984 #6692F9 #F966DC

split-complementary

#F9CD66 #66DCF9 #8466F9

monochromatic

#DC9D09 #F7BA2B #F9CD66 #FBE0A1 #FEF3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#F9CD66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.95

#F9CD66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9CD66

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9CD66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9CD66	1.00	1.51	13.95	13.95
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CC5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD76A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9cd66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 205, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.131 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdc95',
    500: '#f9cd66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9cd66;
$custom-light: #ffdc95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9cd66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.041,
    "s": 92.453,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86674,
    "c": 0.13073,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9CD66

secondary

#3061D3

accent

#45E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9CD66

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

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