#F9D36E#F9D36E
#F9D36E is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.127 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #F9D36E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(249, 211, 110) |
| HSL | hsl(44, 92%, 70%) |
| HSV | hsv(44, 56%, 98%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 55.8%, 2.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(85.94, 1.54, 54.25) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(85.94, 54.27, 88.37°) |
| OKLab | oklab(87.94% 0.0022 0.1272) |
| OKLCH | oklch(87.94% 0.127 89) |
| XYZ | xyz(65.1785, 67.8575, 24.4135) |
| Luminance | 0.6785 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.60
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 3.00
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.22
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 3.57
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.26
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.26
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#F9D36E #6E94F9
analogous
#F98D6E #F9D36E #DAF96E
triadic
#F9D36E #6EF9D3 #D36EF9
tetradic
#F9D36E #6EF98D #6E94F9 #F96EDA
square
#F9D36E #6EF98D #6E94F9 #F96EDA
split-complementary
#F9D36E #6EDAF9 #8D6EF9
monochromatic
#E3A809 #F7C133 #F9D36E #FBE5A9 #FEF6E2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.44
#F9D36E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.57
#F9D36E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #F9D36E
14.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##F9D36E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##F9D36E | 1.00 | 1.44 | 14.57 | 14.57 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.44 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.57 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.57 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E7D165
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F0DB72
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFC4BC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D7D7D7
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #f9d36e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 211, 110); /* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.127 89.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#fee09a',
500: '#f9d36e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #f9d36e; $custom-light: #fee09a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#f9d36e",
"rgb": {
"r": 249,
"g": 211,
"b": 110
},
"hsl": {
"h": 43.597,
"s": 92.053,
"l": 70.392
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8794,
"c": 0.12724,
"h": 89
},
"luminance": 0.67854
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#F9D36E
secondary
#3762D4
accent
#3FE600
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF5
border
#D7D5CF
text
#18150E
muted
#86847F