#F9CE5E#F9CE5E

#F9CE5E is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.138 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9CE5E
RGB	rgb(249, 206, 94)
HSL	hsl(43, 93%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(43, 62%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 62.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.53, 2.99, 59.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.53, 60.05, 87.14°)
OKLab	oklab(86.78% 0.0045 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(86.78% 0.138 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.1618, 65.0942, 19.8251)
Luminance	0.6509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9CE5E #5E89F9

analogous

#F9815E #F9CE5E #D6F95E

triadic

#F9CE5E #5EF9CE #CE5EF9

tetradic

#F9CE5E #5EF981 #5E89F9 #F95ED6

square

#F9CE5E #5EF981 #5E89F9 #F95ED6

split-complementary

#F9CE5E #5ED6F9 #815EF9

monochromatic

#D59C08 #F7BC23 #F9CE5E #FBE099 #FDF2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#F9CE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.02

#F9CE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9CE5E

14.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9CE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9CE5E	1.00	1.50	14.02	14.02
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ce5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 206, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.138 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdc90',
    500: '#f9ce5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ce5e;
$custom-light: #ffdc90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ce5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.355,
    "s": 92.814,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86783,
    "c": 0.13771,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9CE5E

secondary

#2C59CF

accent

#40E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9CE5E

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

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