#F8A179#F8A179

#F8A179 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.117 H 45.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8A179
RGB	rgb(248, 161, 121)
HSL	hsl(19, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(19, 51%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.1%, 51.2%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.08, 28.15, 34.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.08, 44.22, 50.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.71% 0.0824 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(78.71% 0.117 45.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.9107, 46.8313, 24.2328)
Luminance	0.4683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8A179 #79D0F8

analogous

#F87990 #F8A179 #F8E179

triadic

#F8A179 #79F8A1 #A179F8

tetradic

#F8A179 #90F879 #79D0F8 #E179F8

square

#F8A179 #90F879 #79D0F8 #E179F8

split-complementary

#F8A179 #79F8E1 #7990F8

monochromatic

#EA520C #F5783F #F8A179 #FBCAB3 #FDEBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#F8A179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#F8A179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8A179

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8A179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8A179	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AB76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBD78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8a179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 161, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.117 45.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#febda0',
    500: '#f8a179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8a179;
$custom-light: #febda0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8a179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.898,
    "s": 90.071,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7871,
    "c": 0.11715,
    "h": 45.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8A179

secondary

#D5EBF6

accent

#9DE600

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18120E

muted

#86817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8A179

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

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