#F9D261#F9D261

#F9D261 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.138 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D261
RGB	rgb(249, 210, 97)
HSL	hsl(45, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 61%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.55, 1.14, 59.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.55, 59.78, 88.91°)
OKLab	oklab(87.6% -0.0006 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(87.6% 0.138 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.2742, 67.0995, 20.8730)
Luminance	0.6710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D261 #6188F9

analogous

#F98661 #F9D261 #D4F961

triadic

#F9D261 #61F9D2 #D261F9

tetradic

#F9D261 #61F986 #6188F9 #F961D4

square

#F9D261 #61F986 #6188F9 #F961D4

split-complementary

#F9D261 #61D4F9 #8661F9

monochromatic

#D7A208 #F7C126 #F9D261 #FBE39C #FDF4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#F9D261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.42

#F9D261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D261

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D261	1.00	1.46	14.42	14.42
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 210, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.138 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdf92',
    500: '#f9d261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d261;
$custom-light: #ffdf92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.605,
    "s": 92.683,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87597,
    "c": 0.13761,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D261

secondary

#2D57D2

accent

#3BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D261

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

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