#F9D170#F9D170

#F9D170 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.124 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D170
RGB	rgb(249, 209, 112)
HSL	hsl(42, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(42, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 55%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.46, 2.72, 52.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.46, 52.81, 87.05°)
OKLab	oklab(87.57% 0.0058 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(87.57% 0.124 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.7948, 66.9140, 24.8289)
Luminance	0.6691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D170 #7098F9

analogous

#F98C70 #F9D170 #DCF970

triadic

#F9D170 #70F9D1 #D170F9

tetradic

#F9D170 #70F98C #7098F9 #F970DC

square

#F9D170 #70F98C #7098F9 #F970DC

split-complementary

#F9D170 #70DCF9 #8C70F9

monochromatic

#E5A50A #F7BE35 #F9D170 #FBE4AB #FEF6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#F9D170 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.38

#F9D170 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D170

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D170	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D170	1.00	1.46	14.38	14.38
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CF67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDA74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d170;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 209, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.124 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fede9b',
    500: '#f9d170',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d170;
$custom-light: #fede9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d170",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.482,
    "s": 91.946,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87573,
    "c": 0.12428,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D170

secondary

#3966D4

accent

#43E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D170

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

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