#F9CD99#F9CD99

#F9CD99 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.084 H 71.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9CD99
RGB	rgb(249, 205, 153)
HSL	hsl(33, 89%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(33, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 38.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.05, 8.65, 31.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.05, 32.89, 74.75°)
OKLab	oklab(87.44% 0.0271 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(87.44% 0.084 71.1)
XYZ	xyz(66.6499, 66.1055, 39.3798)
Luminance	0.6610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9CD99 #99C5F9

analogous

#F99D99 #F9CD99 #F5F999

triadic

#F9CD99 #99F9CD #CD99F9

tetradic

#F9CD99 #99F99D #99C5F9 #F999F5

square

#F9CD99 #99F99D #99C5F9 #F999F5

split-complementary

#F9CD99 #99F5F9 #9D99F9

monochromatic

#F29425 #F6B15F #F9CD99 #FCE9D3 #FDF1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#F9CD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.22

#F9CD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9CD99

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9CD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9CD99	1.00	1.48	14.22	14.22
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCE95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D99A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9cd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 205, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.084 71.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fddcb7',
    500: '#f9cd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9cd99;
$custom-light: #fddcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9cd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.5,
    "s": 88.889,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87438,
    "c": 0.08355,
    "h": 71.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9CD99

secondary

#5D96D9

accent

#69E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF8

border

#D7D4D1

text

#181511

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9CD99

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

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