#F9DC8A#F9DC8A

#F9DC8A is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.106 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9DC8A
RGB	rgb(249, 220, 138)
HSL	hsl(44, 90%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(44, 45%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 44.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.53, -0.63, 43.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.53, 43.85, 90.82°)
OKLab	oklab(90.1% -0.0012 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(90.1% 0.106 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(69.2496, 73.1640, 34.5142)
Luminance	0.7316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9DC8A #8AA7F9

analogous

#F9A48A #F9DC8A #DFF98A

triadic

#F9DC8A #8AF9DC #DC8AF9

tetradic

#F9DC8A #8AF9A4 #8AA7F9 #F98ADF

square

#F9DC8A #8AF9A4 #8AA7F9 #F98ADF

split-complementary

#F9DC8A #8ADFF9 #A48AF9

monochromatic

#F3B916 #F6CB50 #F9DC8A #FCEDC4 #FEF6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#F9DC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.63

#F9DC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9DC8A

15.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9DC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9DC8A	1.00	1.34	15.63	15.63
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD984

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E28D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD0C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9dc8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 220, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.106 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fde6ad',
    500: '#f9dc8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9dc8a;
$custom-light: #fde6ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9dc8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.324,
    "s": 90.244,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90095,
    "c": 0.10638,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9DC8A

secondary

#5073D7

accent

#3CE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181510

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9DC8A

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

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