#F9D16A#F9D16A

#F9D16A is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.130 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D16A
RGB	rgb(249, 209, 106)
HSL	hsl(43, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(43, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 57.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.40, 2.27, 55.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.40, 55.53, 87.66°)
OKLab	oklab(87.5% 0.0038 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(87.5% 0.13 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.4718, 66.7848, 23.1277)
Luminance	0.6678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D16A #6A92F9

analogous

#F98A6A #F9D16A #D9F96A

triadic

#F9D16A #6AF9D1 #D16AF9

tetradic

#F9D16A #6AF98A #6A92F9 #F96AD9

square

#F9D16A #6AF98A #6A92F9 #F96AD9

split-complementary

#F9D16A #6AD9F9 #8A6AF9

monochromatic

#E0A409 #F7BF2F #F9D16A #FBE3A5 #FEF5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#F9D16A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.36

#F9D16A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D16A

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D16A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D16A	1.00	1.46	14.36	14.36
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CF60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDA6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d16a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 209, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.130 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fede97',
    500: '#f9d16a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d16a;
$custom-light: #fede97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d16a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.217,
    "s": 92.258,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87501,
    "c": 0.12954,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D16A

secondary

#3460D3

accent

#40E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D16A

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

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