#F9D679#F9D679

#F9D679 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.119 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D679
RGB	rgb(249, 214, 121)
HSL	hsl(44, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(44, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 51.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.81, 0.89, 50.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.81, 50.06, 88.98°)
OKLab	oklab(88.67% 0.0015 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(88.67% 0.119 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.5672, 69.6166, 28.0165)
Luminance	0.6961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D679 #799CF9

analogous

#F99679 #F9D679 #DCF979

triadic

#F9D679 #79F9D6 #D679F9

tetradic

#F9D679 #79F996 #799CF9 #F979DC

square

#F9D679 #79F996 #799CF9 #F979DC

split-complementary

#F9D679 #79DCF9 #9679F9

monochromatic

#EDAF0B #F6C43E #F9D679 #FCE8B4 #FEF6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#F9D679 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.92

#F9D679 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D679

14.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D679	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D679	1.00	1.41	14.92	14.92
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D471

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DD7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d679;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 214, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.119 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee2a1',
    500: '#f9d679',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d679;
$custom-light: #fee2a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d679",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.594,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8867,
    "c": 0.11905,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D679

secondary

#4169D5

accent

#3FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D679

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

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