#F9D169#F9D169

#F9D169 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.130 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D169
RGB	rgb(249, 209, 105)
HSL	hsl(43, 92%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(43, 58%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 57.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.38, 2.20, 55.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.38, 55.98, 87.75°)
OKLab	oklab(87.49% 0.0035 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(87.49% 0.13 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.4201, 66.7641, 22.8555)
Luminance	0.6676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D169 #6991F9

analogous

#F98969 #F9D169 #D9F969

triadic

#F9D169 #69F9D1 #D169F9

tetradic

#F9D169 #69F989 #6991F9 #F969D9

square

#F9D169 #69F989 #6991F9 #F969D9

split-complementary

#F9D169 #69D9F9 #8969F9

monochromatic

#DFA309 #F7BF2E #F9D169 #FBE3A4 #FEF5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#F9D169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.35

#F9D169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D169

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D169	1.00	1.46	14.35	14.35
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CF5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDA6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 209, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.130 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fede97',
    500: '#f9d169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d169;
$custom-light: #fede97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.333,
    "s": 92.308,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87489,
    "c": 0.13039,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D169

secondary

#3360D3

accent

#40E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D169

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

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