#F9D56C#F9D56C

#F9D56C is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.130 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D56C
RGB	rgb(249, 213, 108)
HSL	hsl(45, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(45, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 56.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.41, 0.37, 55.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.41, 55.74, 89.62°)
OKLab	oklab(88.31% -0.0015 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(88.31% 0.13 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.5708, 68.8143, 24.0131)
Luminance	0.6881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D56C #6C90F9

analogous

#F98F6C #F9D56C #D6F96C

triadic

#F9D56C #6CF9D5 #D56CF9

tetradic

#F9D56C #6CF98F #6C90F9 #F96CD6

square

#F9D56C #6CF98F #6C90F9 #F96CD6

split-complementary

#F9D56C #6CD6F9 #8F6CF9

monochromatic

#E1AA09 #F7C431 #F9D56C #FBE6A7 #FEF7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#F9D56C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.76

#F9D56C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D56C

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D56C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D56C	1.00	1.42	14.76	14.76
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D262

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DD70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d56c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 213, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.130 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee199',
    500: '#f9d56c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d56c;
$custom-light: #fee199;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d56c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.681,
    "s": 92.157,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88309,
    "c": 0.13024,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D56C

secondary

#365ED4

accent

#3BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D56C

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

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