#F9A172#F9A172

#F9A172 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.122 H 48.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9A172
RGB	rgb(249, 161, 114)
HSL	hsl(21, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(21, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 54.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.09, 27.95, 37.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.09, 47.05, 53.55°)
OKLab	oklab(78.71% 0.0809 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(78.71% 0.122 48.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.8525, 46.8492, 22.0702)
Luminance	0.4684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9A172 #72CAF9

analogous

#F97286 #F9A172 #F9E472

triadic

#F9A172 #72F9A1 #A172F9

tetradic

#F9A172 #86F972 #72CAF9 #E472F9

square

#F9A172 #86F972 #72CAF9 #E472F9

split-complementary

#F9A172 #72F9E4 #7286F9

monochromatic

#E7570A #F77A37 #F9A172 #FBC8AD #FEEBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#F9A172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#F9A172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9A172

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9A172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9A172	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AB6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBE72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9a172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 161, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.122 48.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffbd9b',
    500: '#f9a172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9a172;
$custom-light: #ffbd9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9a172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.889,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7871,
    "c": 0.12199,
    "h": 48.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9A172

secondary

#D2E9F5

accent

#96E600

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18120E

muted

#86817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9A172

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

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