#F9856E#F9856E

#F9856E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.146 H 32.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9856E
RGB	rgb(249, 133, 110)
HSL	hsl(10, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(10, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.6%, 55.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, 42.06, 32.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 53.02, 37.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% 0.1234 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.146 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.2727, 38.0460, 19.4449)
Luminance	0.3804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9856E #6EE2F9

analogous

#F96E9C #F9856E #F9CA6E

triadic

#F9856E #6EF985 #856EF9

tetradic

#F9856E #9CF96E #6EE2F9 #CA6EF9

square

#F9856E #9CF96E #6EE2F9 #CA6EF9

split-complementary

#F9856E #6EF9CA #6E9CF9

monochromatic

#E32D09 #F75433 #F9856E #FBB6A9 #FEE6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#F9856E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#F9856E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9856E

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9856E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9856E	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2976C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAF6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF727F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9856e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 133, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.146 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffaa98',
    500: '#f9856e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9856e;
$custom-light: #ffaa98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9856e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.928,
    "s": 92.053,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74053,
    "c": 0.14621,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9856E

secondary

#CEEEF4

accent

#C0E600

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#19100D

muted

#877F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9856E

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

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