#F9D472#F9D472

#F9D472 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.124 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D472
RGB	rgb(249, 212, 114)
HSL	hsl(44, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(44, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 54.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.23, 1.34, 52.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.23, 52.72, 88.54°)
OKLab	oklab(88.19% 0.002 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(88.19% 0.124 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.6504, 68.4449, 25.6695)
Luminance	0.6844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D472 #7297F9

analogous

#F99072 #F9D472 #DAF972

triadic

#F9D472 #72F9D4 #D472F9

tetradic

#F9D472 #72F990 #7297F9 #F972DA

square

#F9D472 #72F990 #7297F9 #F972DA

split-complementary

#F9D472 #72DAF9 #9072F9

monochromatic

#E7AA0A #F7C237 #F9D472 #FBE6AD #FEF6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#F9D472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.69

#F9D472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D472

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D472	1.00	1.43	14.69	14.69
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D269

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DC76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 212, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.124 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee19d',
    500: '#f9d472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d472;
$custom-light: #fee19d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.556,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88186,
    "c": 0.12427,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D472

secondary

#3B65D4

accent

#3FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D472

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

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