#F9CD73#F9CD73

#F9CD73 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.119 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9CD73
RGB	rgb(249, 205, 115)
HSL	hsl(40, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(40, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 53.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.51, 5.02, 50.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.51, 50.42, 84.29°)
OKLab	oklab(86.83% 0.0129 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(86.83% 0.119 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.9956, 65.0437, 25.4002)
Luminance	0.6504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9CD73 #739FF9

analogous

#F98A73 #F9CD73 #E2F973

triadic

#F9CD73 #73F9CD #CD73F9

tetradic

#F9CD73 #73F98A #739FF9 #F973E2

square

#F9CD73 #73F98A #739FF9 #F973E2

split-complementary

#F9CD73 #73E2F9 #8A73F9

monochromatic

#E89F0A #F6B838 #F9CD73 #FCE2AE #FEF5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#F9CD73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.01

#F9CD73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9CD73

14.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9CD73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9CD73	1.00	1.50	14.01	14.01
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CC6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD876

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9cd73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 205, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.119 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fedc9d',
    500: '#f9cd73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9cd73;
$custom-light: #fedc9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9cd73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.299,
    "s": 91.781,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86834,
    "c": 0.11948,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9CD73

secondary

#3C6ED4

accent

#4BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9CD73

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

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