#F9837C#F9837C

#F9837C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.145 H 24.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9837C
RGB	rgb(249, 131, 124)
HSL	hsl(3, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(3, 50%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.4%, 50.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.90, 44.21, 24.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.90, 50.48, 28.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% 0.1319 0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.145 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.8249, 37.8329, 23.6907)
Luminance	0.3783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9837C #7CF2F9

analogous

#F97CB3 #F9837C #F9C17C

triadic

#F9837C #7CF983 #837CF9

tetradic

#F9837C #B3F97C #7CF2F9 #C17CF9

square

#F9837C #B3F97C #7CF2F9 #C17CF9

split-complementary

#F9837C #7CF9C1 #7CB3F9

monochromatic

#F0180B #F64C41 #F9837C #FCBAB7 #FEE3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#F9837C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#F9837C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9837C

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9837C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9837C	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E967B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAF7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7282

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9837c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 131, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.145 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffa9a2',
    500: '#f9837c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9837c;
$custom-light: #ffa9a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9837c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.36,
    "s": 91.241,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74012,
    "c": 0.14516,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9837C

secondary

#D5F4F6

accent

#D9E600

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#19100F

muted

#877F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9837C

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

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