#F6A159#F6A159
#F6A159 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.134 H 59.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #F6A159 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(246, 161, 89) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 90%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 64%, 96%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 34.6%, 63.8%, 3.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.42, 24.96, 49.69) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(73.42, 55.61, 63.33°) |
| OKLab | oklab(78.01% 0.0686 0.115) |
| OKLCH | oklch(78.01% 0.134 59.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(52.5578, 45.8086, 15.5232) |
| Luminance | 0.4580 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 1.12
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 2.35
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.45
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 3.96
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 4.44
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.50
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#F6A159 #59AEF6
analogous
#F6595F #F6A159 #F6EF59
triadic
#F6A159 #59F6A1 #A159F6
tetradic
#F6A159 #5FF659 #59AEF6 #EF59F6
square
#F6A159 #5FF659 #59AEF6 #EF59F6
split-complementary
#F6A159 #59F6EF #595FF6
monochromatic
#CA620B #F3801F #F6A159 #F9C293 #FCE3CD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.07
#F6A159 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.16
#F6A159 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #F6A159
10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##F6A159 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##F6A159 | 1.00 | 2.07 | 10.16 | 10.16 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.07 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.16 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.16 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BBA952
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CFBC5A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8F91
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #f6a159; /* rgb */ color: rgb(246, 161, 89); /* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.134 59.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#febd8a',
500: '#f6a159',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #f6a159; $custom-light: #febd8a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#f6a159",
"rgb": {
"r": 246,
"g": 161,
"b": 89
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.516,
"s": 89.714,
"l": 65.686
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.78011,
"c": 0.1339,
"h": 59.2
},
"luminance": 0.45804
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#F6A159
secondary
#BBD8F0
accent
#7CE600
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#19120C
muted
#87817D