#F9A16D#F9A16D
#F9A16D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.125 H 50.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #F9A16D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(249, 161, 109) |
| HSL | hsl(22, 92%, 70%) |
| HSV | hsv(22, 56%, 98%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 56.2%, 2.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(74.02, 27.56, 40.37) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(74.02, 48.88, 55.69°) |
| OKLab | oklab(78.63% 0.079 0.0966) |
| OKLCH | oklch(78.63% 0.125 50.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.5756, 46.7384, 20.6122) |
| Luminance | 0.4673 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 3.76
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 4.47
Lightsalmon
#FFA07A
ΔE00 4.65
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.98
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.36
Orangeish
#FD8D49
ΔE00 5.62
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#F9A16D #6DC5F9
analogous
#F96D7F #F9A16D #F9E76D
triadic
#F9A16D #6DF9A1 #A16DF9
tetradic
#F9A16D #7FF96D #6DC5F9 #E76DF9
square
#F9A16D #7FF96D #6DC5F9 #E76DF9
split-complementary
#F9A16D #6DF9E7 #6D7FF9
monochromatic
#E25A09 #F77B32 #F9A16D #FBC7A8 #FEECE2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.03
#F9A16D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.35
#F9A16D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #F9A16D
10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##F9A16D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##F9A16D | 1.00 | 2.03 | 10.35 | 10.35 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.03 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.35 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.35 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9AA69
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CEBE6D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF9094
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B6B6B6
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #f9a16d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 161, 109); /* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.125 50.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ffbd98',
500: '#f9a16d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #f9a16d; $custom-light: #ffbd98; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#f9a16d",
"rgb": {
"r": 249,
"g": 161,
"b": 109
},
"hsl": {
"h": 22.286,
"s": 92.105,
"l": 70.196
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.78632,
"c": 0.1248,
"h": 50.7
},
"luminance": 0.46734
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#F9A16D
secondary
#CDE6F4
accent
#90E600
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF6F2
border
#D7D0CC
text
#18120D
muted
#86817E