#F9D97D#F9D97D

#F9D97D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.117 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D97D
RGB	rgb(249, 217, 125)
HSL	hsl(45, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(45, 50%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 49.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.61, -0.30, 49.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.61, 49.08, 90.35°)
OKLab	oklab(89.31% -0.0015 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(89.31% 0.117 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.5838, 71.2492, 29.5906)
Luminance	0.7125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D97D #7D9DF9

analogous

#F99B7D #F9D97D #DBF97D

triadic

#F9D97D #7DF9D9 #D97DF9

tetradic

#F9D97D #7DF99B #7D9DF9 #F97DDB

square

#F9D97D #7DF99B #7D9DF9 #F97DDB

split-complementary

#F9D97D #7DDBF9 #9B7DF9

monochromatic

#F0B50B #F6C842 #F9D97D #FCEAB7 #FEF6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#F9D97D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.25

#F9D97D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D97D

15.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D97D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D97D	1.00	1.38	15.25	15.25
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD675

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E080

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d97d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 217, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.117 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fde4a4',
    500: '#f9d97d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d97d;
$custom-light: #fde4a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d97d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.516,
    "s": 91.176,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89314,
    "c": 0.11724,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D97D

secondary

#446AD6

accent

#3BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D97D

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

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