#F09979#F09979

#F09979 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.114 H 40.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F09979
RGB	rgb(240, 153, 121)
HSL	hsl(16, 80%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(16, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.3%, 49.6%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.35, 29.23, 30.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.35, 42.15, 46.10°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% 0.0862 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.114 40.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.7806, 42.6926, 23.6515)
Luminance	0.4269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F09979 #79D0F0

analogous

#F07994 #F09979 #F0D479

triadic

#F09979 #79F099 #9979F0

tetradic

#F09979 #94F079 #79D0F0 #D479F0

square

#F09979 #94F079 #79D0F0 #D479F0

split-complementary

#F09979 #79F0D4 #7994F0

monochromatic

#D74B18 #EA6F42 #F09979 #F6C3B0 #FCEAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#F09979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#F09979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F09979

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F09979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F09979	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA476

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f09979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 153, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.114 40.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b7a0',
    500: '#f09979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f09979;
$custom-light: #f8b7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f09979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.134,
    "s": 79.866,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76396,
    "c": 0.11411,
    "h": 40.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F09979

secondary

#D2EAF2

accent

#A3DC09

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110E

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #F09979

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

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