#F9CE56#F9CE56

#F9CE56 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.144 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9CE56
RGB	rgb(249, 206, 86)
HSL	hsl(44, 93%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(44, 65%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 65.5%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.46, 2.51, 63.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.46, 63.43, 87.73°)
OKLab	oklab(86.71% 0.0021 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(86.71% 0.144 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.8212, 64.9580, 18.0316)
Luminance	0.6495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9CE56 #5681F9

analogous

#F97C56 #F9CE56 #D2F956

triadic

#F9CE56 #56F9CE #CE56F9

tetradic

#F9CE56 #56F97C #5681F9 #F956D2

square

#F9CE56 #56F97C #5681F9 #F956D2

split-complementary

#F9CE56 #56D2F9 #7C56F9

monochromatic

#CD9907 #F7BD1B #F9CE56 #FBDF91 #FDF0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#F9CE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.99

#F9CE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9CE56

13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9CE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9CE56	1.00	1.50	13.99	13.99
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ce56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 206, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.144 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdc8b',
    500: '#f9ce56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ce56;
$custom-light: #ffdc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ce56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.172,
    "s": 93.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86705,
    "c": 0.14375,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9CE56

secondary

#2A54C9

accent

#3DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9CE56

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

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