#F9D18A#F9D18A

#F9D18A is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.100 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D18A
RGB	rgb(249, 209, 138)
HSL	hsl(38, 90%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(38, 45%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 44.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.80, 5.01, 40.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.80, 40.69, 82.93°)
OKLab	oklab(87.95% 0.0153 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(87.95% 0.1 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.4571, 67.5789, 33.5833)
Luminance	0.6758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D18A #8AB2F9

analogous

#F9998A #F9D18A #EAF98A

triadic

#F9D18A #8AF9D1 #D18AF9

tetradic

#F9D18A #8AF999 #8AB2F9 #F98AEA

square

#F9D18A #8AF999 #8AB2F9 #F98AEA

split-complementary

#F9D18A #8AEAF9 #998AF9

monochromatic

#F3A316 #F6BA50 #F9D18A #FCE8C4 #FEF4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#F9D18A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.52

#F9D18A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D18A

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D18A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D18A	1.00	1.45	14.52	14.52
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D185

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDB8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d18a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 209, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.100 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fddfad',
    500: '#f9d18a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d18a;
$custom-light: #fddfad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d18a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.378,
    "s": 90.244,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87946,
    "c": 0.09966,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D18A

secondary

#5081D7

accent

#53E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181510

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D18A

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

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