#F9A16A#F9A16A
#F9A16A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.127 H 52.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #F9A16A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(249, 161, 106) |
| HSL | hsl(23, 92%, 70%) |
| HSV | hsv(23, 57%, 98%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 57.4%, 2.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.98, 27.33, 41.88) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(73.98, 50.00, 56.87°) |
| OKLab | oklab(78.59% 0.078 0.0997) |
| OKLCH | oklch(78.59% 0.127 52) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.4169, 46.6749, 19.7761) |
| Luminance | 0.4667 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 3.70
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 3.99
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.25
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.77
Orangeish
#FD8D49
ΔE00 5.42
Lightsalmon
#FFA07A
ΔE00 5.42
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#F9A16A #6AC2F9
analogous
#F96A7B #F9A16A #F9E96A
triadic
#F9A16A #6AF9A1 #A16AF9
tetradic
#F9A16A #7BF96A #6AC2F9 #E96AF9
square
#F9A16A #7BF96A #6AC2F9 #E96AF9
split-complementary
#F9A16A #6AF9E9 #6A7BF9
monochromatic
#E05C09 #F77C2F #F9A16A #FBC6A5 #FEEBE0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.03
#F9A16A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.33
#F9A16A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #F9A16A
10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##F9A16A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##F9A16A | 1.00 | 2.03 | 10.33 | 10.33 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.03 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.33 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.33 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BAAA65
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CFBD6A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF9094
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B6B6B6
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #f9a16a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 161, 106); /* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.127 52.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ffbd96',
500: '#f9a16a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #f9a16a; $custom-light: #ffbd96; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#f9a16a",
"rgb": {
"r": 249,
"g": 161,
"b": 106
},
"hsl": {
"h": 23.077,
"s": 92.258,
"l": 69.608
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.78587,
"c": 0.12653,
"h": 52
},
"luminance": 0.4667
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#F9A16A
secondary
#CBE4F4
accent
#8DE600
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF6F2
border
#D7D0CC
text
#19120D
muted
#87817E