#F8A579#F8A579

#F8A579 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.115 H 48.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8A579
RGB	rgb(248, 165, 121)
HSL	hsl(21, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(21, 51%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 51.2%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.98, 26.05, 35.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.98, 43.85, 53.55°)
OKLab	oklab(79.41% 0.0761 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(79.41% 0.115 48.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.6209, 48.2518, 24.4696)
Luminance	0.4825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8A579 #79CCF8

analogous

#F8798D #F8A579 #F8E479

triadic

#F8A579 #79F8A5 #A579F8

tetradic

#F8A579 #8DF879 #79CCF8 #E479F8

square

#F8A579 #8DF879 #79CCF8 #E479F8

split-complementary

#F8A579 #79F8E4 #798DF8

monochromatic

#EA590C #F57E3F #F8A579 #FBCCB3 #FDEBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#F8A579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#F8A579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8A579

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8A579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8A579	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAE75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC079

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8a579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 165, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.115 48.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fec0a0',
    500: '#f8a579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8a579;
$custom-light: #fec0a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8a579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.787,
    "s": 90.071,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79407,
    "c": 0.11476,
    "h": 48.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8A579

secondary

#D5EAF6

accent

#96E600

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF7F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18120F

muted

#86817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8A579

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

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