#F9D16C#F9D16C

#F9D16C is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.128 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D16C
RGB	rgb(249, 209, 108)
HSL	hsl(43, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(43, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 56.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.42, 2.42, 54.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.42, 54.63, 87.46°)
OKLab	oklab(87.53% 0.0045 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(87.53% 0.128 88)
XYZ	xyz(64.5770, 66.8269, 23.6819)
Luminance	0.6682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D16C #6C94F9

analogous

#F98B6C #F9D16C #DAF96C

triadic

#F9D16C #6CF9D1 #D16CF9

tetradic

#F9D16C #6CF98B #6C94F9 #F96CDA

square

#F9D16C #6CF98B #6C94F9 #F96CDA

split-complementary

#F9D16C #6CDAF9 #8B6CF9

monochromatic

#E1A409 #F7BF31 #F9D16C #FBE3A7 #FEF6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#F9D16C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.36

#F9D16C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D16C

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D16C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D16C	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)

#E5CF62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDA70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 209, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.128 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fede99',
    500: '#f9d16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d16c;
$custom-light: #fede99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.979,
    "s": 92.157,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87525,
    "c": 0.12781,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.66823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D16C

secondary

#3662D4

accent

#41E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D16C

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

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