#F9CD87#F9CD87

#F9CD87 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.101 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9CD87
RGB	rgb(249, 205, 135)
HSL	hsl(37, 90%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(37, 46%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 45.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.77, 6.78, 40.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.77, 41.15, 80.51°)
OKLab	oklab(87.13% 0.0202 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(87.13% 0.101 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.2738, 65.5550, 32.1322)
Luminance	0.6555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9CD87 #87B3F9

analogous

#F99487 #F9CD87 #ECF987

triadic

#F9CD87 #87F9CD #CD87F9

tetradic

#F9CD87 #87F994 #87B3F9 #F987EC

square

#F9CD87 #87F994 #87B3F9 #F987EC

split-complementary

#F9CD87 #87ECF9 #9487F9

monochromatic

#F39C12 #F6B54D #F9CD87 #FCE5C1 #FEF3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#F9CD87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.11

#F9CD87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9CD87

14.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9CD87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9CD87	1.00	1.49	14.11	14.11
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCD82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9cd87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 205, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.101 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fddcab',
    500: '#f9cd87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9cd87;
$custom-light: #fddcab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9cd87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.842,
    "s": 90.476,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87125,
    "c": 0.10084,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9CD87

secondary

#4D82D7

accent

#59E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF7

border

#D7D4D0

text

#181510

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9CD87

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

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