#F9CD8A#F9CD8A

#F9CD8A is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.098 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9CD8A
RGB	rgb(249, 205, 138)
HSL	hsl(36, 90%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(36, 45%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 44.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.81, 7.08, 39.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.81, 39.76, 79.74°)
OKLab	oklab(87.17% 0.0213 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(87.17% 0.098 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.4880, 65.6407, 33.2603)
Luminance	0.6564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9CD8A #8AB6F9

analogous

#F9958A #F9CD8A #EEF98A

triadic

#F9CD8A #8AF9CD #CD8AF9

tetradic

#F9CD8A #8AF995 #8AB6F9 #F98AEE

square

#F9CD8A #8AF995 #8AB6F9 #F98AEE

split-complementary

#F9CD8A #8AEEF9 #958AF9

monochromatic

#F39B16 #F6B450 #F9CD8A #FCE6C4 #FEF3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#F9CD8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.13

#F9CD8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9CD8A

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9CD8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9CD8A	1.00	1.49	14.13	14.13
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCD85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D88C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9cd8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 205, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.098 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fddcad',
    500: '#f9cd8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9cd8a;
$custom-light: #fddcad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9cd8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.216,
    "s": 90.244,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87174,
    "c": 0.09796,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9CD8A

secondary

#5086D7

accent

#5BE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF7

border

#D7D4D0

text

#181510

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9CD8A

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

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