#F9836D#F9836D

#F9836D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.148 H 31.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9836D
RGB	rgb(249, 131, 109)
HSL	hsl(9, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(9, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.4%, 56.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, 42.98, 32.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 53.77, 36.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% 0.1261 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.148 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.9474, 37.4819, 19.0694)
Luminance	0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9836D #6DE3F9

analogous

#F96D9D #F9836D #F9C96D

triadic

#F9836D #6DF983 #836DF9

tetradic

#F9836D #9DF96D #6DE3F9 #C96DF9

square

#F9836D #9DF96D #6DE3F9 #C96DF9

split-complementary

#F9836D #6DF9C9 #6D9DF9

monochromatic

#E22B09 #F75132 #F9836D #FBB5A8 #FEE6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#F9836D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#F9836D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9836D

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9836D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9836D	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0956B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAE6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF6F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9836d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 131, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.148 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffa997',
    500: '#f9836d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9836d;
$custom-light: #ffa997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9836d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.429,
    "s": 92.105,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73729,
    "c": 0.14849,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9836D

secondary

#CDEEF4

accent

#C1E600

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#19100D

muted

#877F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9836D

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

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