#F9D162#F9D162

#F9D162 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.136 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D162
RGB	rgb(249, 209, 98)
HSL	hsl(44, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(44, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 60.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.31, 1.71, 59.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.31, 59.08, 88.34°)
OKLab	oklab(87.41% 0.0012 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(87.41% 0.136 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.0750, 66.6261, 21.0381)
Luminance	0.6662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D162 #628AF9

analogous

#F98562 #F9D162 #D5F962

triadic

#F9D162 #62F9D1 #D162F9

tetradic

#F9D162 #62F985 #628AF9 #F962D5

square

#F9D162 #62F985 #628AF9 #F962D5

split-complementary

#F9D162 #62D5F9 #8562F9

monochromatic

#D8A108 #F7C027 #F9D162 #FBE29D #FEF4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#F9D162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.32

#F9D162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D162

14.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D162	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)

#E6CF56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 209, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.136 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffde92',
    500: '#f9d162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d162;
$custom-light: #ffde92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.106,
    "s": 92.638,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87412,
    "c": 0.13621,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D162

secondary

#2D59D2

accent

#3DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D162

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

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