#F9D161#F9D161

#F9D161 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.137 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D161
RGB	rgb(249, 209, 97)
HSL	hsl(44, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(44, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 61%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.31, 1.65, 59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.31, 59.52, 88.41°)
OKLab	oklab(87.4% 0.0009 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(87.4% 0.137 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.0281, 66.6073, 20.7909)
Luminance	0.6660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D161 #6189F9

analogous

#F98561 #F9D161 #D5F961

triadic

#F9D161 #61F9D1 #D161F9

tetradic

#F9D161 #61F985 #6189F9 #F961D5

square

#F9D161 #61F985 #6189F9 #F961D5

split-complementary

#F9D161 #61D5F9 #8561F9

monochromatic

#D7A108 #F7C026 #F9D161 #FBE29C #FDF3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#F9D161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.32

#F9D161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D161

14.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D161	1.00	1.47	14.32	14.32
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CF55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 209, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.137 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffde92',
    500: '#f9d161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d161;
$custom-light: #ffde92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.211,
    "s": 92.683,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87401,
    "c": 0.13701,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D161

secondary

#2D58D2

accent

#3CE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D161

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

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