#F9CD97#F9CD97

#F9CD97 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.085 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9CD97
RGB	rgb(249, 205, 151)
HSL	hsl(33, 89%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(33, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 39.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.02, 8.43, 32.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.02, 33.79, 75.55°)
OKLab	oklab(87.4% 0.0263 0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(87.4% 0.085 72)
XYZ	xyz(66.4861, 66.0400, 38.5171)
Luminance	0.6604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9CD97 #97C3F9

analogous

#F99C97 #F9CD97 #F4F997

triadic

#F9CD97 #97F9CD #CD97F9

tetradic

#F9CD97 #97F99C #97C3F9 #F997F4

square

#F9CD97 #97F99C #97C3F9 #F997F4

split-complementary

#F9CD97 #97F4F9 #9C97F9

monochromatic

#F29523 #F6B15D #F9CD97 #FCE9D1 #FDF1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#F9CD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.21

#F9CD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9CD97

14.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9CD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9CD97	1.00	1.48	14.21	14.21
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCE93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9cd97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 205, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.085 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fddcb6',
    500: '#f9cd97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9cd97;
$custom-light: #fddcb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9cd97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.061,
    "s": 89.091,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87401,
    "c": 0.08546,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.66037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9CD97

secondary

#5B94D9

accent

#67E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF8

border

#D7D4D1

text

#181511

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9CD97

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

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