#F9804E#F9804E

#F9804E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.162 H 42.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9804E
RGB	rgb(249, 128, 78)
HSL	hsl(18, 93%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(18, 69%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.6%, 68.7%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.62, 42.50, 47.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.62, 63.75, 48.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% 0.1197 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.162 42.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.1656, 36.1338, 11.6443)
Luminance	0.3613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9804E #4EC7F9

analogous

#F94E72 #F9804E #F9D64E

triadic

#F9804E #4EF980 #804EF9

tetradic

#F9804E #72F94E #4EC7F9 #D64EF9

square

#F9804E #72F94E #4EC7F9 #D64EF9

split-complementary

#F9804E #4EF9D6 #4E72F9

monochromatic

#C63F07 #F75613 #F9804E #FBAA89 #FDD5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#F9804E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#F9804E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9804E

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9804E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9804E	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF6875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9804e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 128, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.162 42.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffa781',
    500: '#f9804e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9804e;
$custom-light: #ffa781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9804e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.544,
    "s": 93.443,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7282,
    "c": 0.16156,
    "h": 42.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9804E

secondary

#B4DEEF

accent

#A2E600

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#19100A

muted

#877F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9804E

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

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