#F9DC8E#F9DC8E

#F9DC8E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.102 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9DC8E
RGB	rgb(249, 220, 142)
HSL	hsl(44, 90%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(44, 43%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 43%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.58, -0.23, 41.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.58, 41.93, 90.32°)
OKLab	oklab(90.16% 0.0003 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(90.16% 0.102 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(69.5445, 73.2819, 36.0675)
Luminance	0.7328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9DC8E #8EABF9

analogous

#F9A78E #F9DC8E #E1F98E

triadic

#F9DC8E #8EF9DC #DC8EF9

tetradic

#F9DC8E #8EF9A7 #8EABF9 #F98EE1

square

#F9DC8E #8EF9A7 #8EABF9 #F98EE1

split-complementary

#F9DC8E #8EE1F9 #A78EF9

monochromatic

#F3B81A #F6CA54 #F9DC8E #FCEEC8 #FDF6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#F9DC8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.66

#F9DC8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9DC8E

15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9DC8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9DC8E	1.00	1.34	15.66	15.66
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECDA88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E291

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9dc8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 220, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.102 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fde6b0',
    500: '#f9dc8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9dc8e;
$custom-light: #fde6b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9dc8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.738,
    "s": 89.916,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90158,
    "c": 0.10223,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9DC8E

secondary

#5377D8

accent

#3EE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181510

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9DC8E

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

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