#F9CD78#F9CD78

#F9CD78 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.115 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9CD78
RGB	rgb(249, 205, 120)
HSL	hsl(40, 91%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(40, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 51.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.57, 5.43, 47.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.57, 48.12, 83.52°)
OKLab	oklab(86.9% 0.0146 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(86.9% 0.115 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.2911, 65.1620, 26.9568)
Luminance	0.6516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9CD78 #78A4F9

analogous

#F98D78 #F9CD78 #E4F978

triadic

#F9CD78 #78F9CD #CD78F9

tetradic

#F9CD78 #78F98D #78A4F9 #F978E4

square

#F9CD78 #78F98D #78A4F9 #F978E4

split-complementary

#F9CD78 #78E4F9 #8D78F9

monochromatic

#EC9F0A #F6B73D #F9CD78 #FCE3B3 #FEF4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#F9CD78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#F9CD78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9CD78

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9CD78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9CD78	1.00	1.50	14.03	14.03
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CC71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD87B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9cd78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 205, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.115 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fedca0',
    500: '#f9cd78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9cd78;
$custom-light: #fedca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9cd78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.535,
    "s": 91.489,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86901,
    "c": 0.11495,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9CD78

secondary

#4073D5

accent

#4EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9CD78

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

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