#F9DB99#F9DB99

#F9DB99 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.090 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9DB99
RGB	rgb(249, 219, 153)
HSL	hsl(41, 89%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(41, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 38.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.50, 1.43, 36.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.50, 36.31, 87.74°)
OKLab	oklab(90.15% 0.006 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(90.15% 0.09 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(70.1499, 73.1054, 40.5464)
Luminance	0.7310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9DB99 #99B7F9

analogous

#F9AB99 #F9DB99 #E7F999

triadic

#F9DB99 #99F9DB #DB99F9

tetradic

#F9DB99 #99F9AB #99B7F9 #F999E7

square

#F9DB99 #99F9AB #99B7F9 #F999E7

split-complementary

#F9DB99 #99E7F9 #AB99F9

monochromatic

#F2B225 #F6C75F #F9DB99 #FCEFD3 #FDF5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#F9DB99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.62

#F9DB99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9DB99

15.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9DB99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9DB99	1.00	1.34	15.62	15.62
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD994

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E29B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9db99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 219, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.090 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fce6b7',
    500: '#f9db99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9db99;
$custom-light: #fce6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9db99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.25,
    "s": 88.889,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90145,
    "c": 0.08989,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9DB99

secondary

#5D84D9

accent

#48E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181511

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9DB99

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

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