#F9856C#F9856C

#F9856C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.147 H 33.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9856C
RGB	rgb(249, 133, 108)
HSL	hsl(11, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(11, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.6%, 56.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, 41.90, 33.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 53.55, 38.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% 0.1227 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.147 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.1651, 38.0029, 18.8779)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9856C #6CE0F9

analogous

#F96C9A #F9856C #F9CB6C

triadic

#F9856C #6CF985 #856CF9

tetradic

#F9856C #9AF96C #6CE0F9 #CB6CF9

square

#F9856C #9AF96C #6CE0F9 #CB6CF9

split-complementary

#F9856C #6CF9CB #6C9AF9

monochromatic

#E13009 #F75431 #F9856C #FBB6A7 #FEE7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#F9856C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#F9856C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9856C

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9856C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9856C	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2976A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAF6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF717F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9856c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 133, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.147 33.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffaa96',
    500: '#f9856c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9856c;
$custom-light: #ffaa96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9856c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.638,
    "s": 92.157,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74018,
    "c": 0.14681,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9856C

secondary

#CDEDF4

accent

#BDE600

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#19100D

muted

#877F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9856C

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

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