#F9A178#F9A178

#F9A178 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.119 H 45.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9A178
RGB	rgb(249, 161, 120)
HSL	hsl(19, 91%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(19, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 51.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.18, 28.45, 34.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.18, 44.95, 50.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.81% 0.0832 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(78.81% 0.119 45.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.2053, 46.9903, 23.9282)
Luminance	0.4699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9A178 #78D0F9

analogous

#F9788F #F9A178 #F9E278

triadic

#F9A178 #78F9A1 #A178F9

tetradic

#F9A178 #8FF978 #78D0F9 #E278F9

square

#F9A178 #8FF978 #78D0F9 #E278F9

split-complementary

#F9A178 #78F9E2 #788FF9

monochromatic

#EC520A #F6783D #F9A178 #FCCAB3 #FEEBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#F9A178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#F9A178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9A178

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9A178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9A178	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AB75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBE77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9a178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 161, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.119 45.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffbd9f',
    500: '#f9a178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9a178;
$custom-light: #ffbd9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9a178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.07,
    "s": 91.489,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78809,
    "c": 0.11874,
    "h": 45.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9A178

secondary

#D5EBF6

accent

#9DE600

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18120E

muted

#86817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9A178

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

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