#F9CD72#F9CD72

#F9CD72 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.120 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9CD72
RGB	rgb(249, 205, 114)
HSL	hsl(40, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(40, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 54.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.49, 4.94, 50.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.49, 50.88, 84.43°)
OKLab	oklab(86.82% 0.0125 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(86.82% 0.12 84)
XYZ	xyz(63.9383, 65.0209, 25.0988)
Luminance	0.6502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9CD72 #729EF9

analogous

#F98972 #F9CD72 #E2F972

triadic

#F9CD72 #72F9CD #CD72F9

tetradic

#F9CD72 #72F989 #729EF9 #F972E2

square

#F9CD72 #72F989 #729EF9 #F972E2

split-complementary

#F9CD72 #72E2F9 #8972F9

monochromatic

#E79F0A #F7B837 #F9CD72 #FBE2AD #FEF5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#F9CD72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.00

#F9CD72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9CD72

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9CD72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9CD72	1.00	1.50	14.00	14.00
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CC6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD875

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9cd72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 205, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.120 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fedc9c',
    500: '#f9cd72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9cd72;
$custom-light: #fedc9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9cd72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.444,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86821,
    "c": 0.12038,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.65017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9CD72

secondary

#3B6DD4

accent

#4BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9CD72

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

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