#F9956C#F9956C

#F9956C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.133 H 42.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9956C
RGB	rgb(249, 149, 108)
HSL	hsl(17, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(17, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.2%, 56.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, 33.73, 37.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 50.50, 48.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.58% 0.0976 0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(76.58% 0.133 42.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.5248, 42.7224, 19.6645)
Luminance	0.4272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9956C #6CD0F9

analogous

#F96C89 #F9956C #F9DC6C

triadic

#F9956C #6CF995 #956CF9

tetradic

#F9956C #89F96C #6CD0F9 #DC6CF9

square

#F9956C #89F96C #6CD0F9 #DC6CF9

split-complementary

#F9956C #6CF9DC #6C89F9

monochromatic

#E14809 #F76B31 #F9956C #FBBFA7 #FEEAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#F9956C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#F9956C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9956C

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9956C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9956C	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA268

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B76B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF838B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9956c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 149, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.133 42.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffb597',
    500: '#f9956c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9956c;
$custom-light: #ffb597;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9956c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.447,
    "s": 92.157,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7658,
    "c": 0.13295,
    "h": 42.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9956C

secondary

#CDE9F4

accent

#A3E600

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#19110D

muted

#87807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9956C

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

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