#F9DC8D#F9DC8D

#F9DC8D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.103 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9DC8D
RGB	rgb(249, 220, 141)
HSL	hsl(44, 90%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(44, 43%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 43.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.57, -0.33, 42.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.57, 42.41, 90.45°)
OKLab	oklab(90.14% -0.0001 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(90.14% 0.103 90)
XYZ	xyz(69.4698, 73.2520, 35.6739)
Luminance	0.7325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9DC8D #8DAAF9

analogous

#F9A68D #F9DC8D #E0F98D

triadic

#F9DC8D #8DF9DC #DC8DF9

tetradic

#F9DC8D #8DF9A6 #8DAAF9 #F98DE0

square

#F9DC8D #8DF9A6 #8DAAF9 #F98DE0

split-complementary

#F9DC8D #8DE0F9 #A68DF9

monochromatic

#F3B819 #F6CA53 #F9DC8D #FCEEC7 #FDF6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#F9DC8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.65

#F9DC8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9DC8D

15.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9DC8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9DC8D	1.00	1.34	15.65	15.65
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDA87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E290

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD0C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9dc8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 220, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.103 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fde6af',
    500: '#f9dc8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9dc8d;
$custom-light: #fde6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9dc8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.889,
    "s": 90,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90142,
    "c": 0.10327,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.73249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9DC8D

secondary

#5276D8

accent

#3EE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181510

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9DC8D

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

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