#F9A162#F9A162

#F9A162 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.131 H 55.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9A162
RGB	rgb(249, 161, 98)
HSL	hsl(25, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(25, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 60.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, 26.76, 45.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 53.08, 59.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.48% 0.0751 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(78.48% 0.131 55.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.0201, 46.5162, 17.6864)
Luminance	0.4651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#F9A162 #62BAF9

analogous

#F9626E #F9A162 #F9EC62

triadic

#F9A162 #62F9A1 #A162F9

tetradic

#F9A162 #6EF962 #62BAF9 #EC62F9

square

#F9A162 #6EF962 #62BAF9 #EC62F9

split-complementary

#F9A162 #62F9EC #626EF9

monochromatic

#D85F08 #F77E27 #F9A162 #FBC49D #FEE8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#F9A162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#F9A162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9A162

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9A162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9A162	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAA5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9a162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 161, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.131 55.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffbd90',
    500: '#f9a162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9a162;
$custom-light: #ffbd90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9a162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.033,
    "s": 92.638,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78476,
    "c": 0.13122,
    "h": 55.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9A162

secondary

#C4DFF2

accent

#86E600

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#19120D

muted

#87817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9A162

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

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