#F9A179#F9A179

#F9A179 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.118 H 45.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9A179
RGB	rgb(249, 161, 121)
HSL	hsl(19, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(19, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 51.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.20, 28.54, 34.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.20, 44.61, 50.23°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% 0.0835 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.118 45)
XYZ	xyz(55.2663, 47.0147, 24.2495)
Luminance	0.4701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9A179 #79D1F9

analogous

#F97991 #F9A179 #F9E179

triadic

#F9A179 #79F9A1 #A179F9

tetradic

#F9A179 #91F979 #79D1F9 #E179F9

square

#F9A179 #91F979 #79D1F9 #E179F9

split-complementary

#F9A179 #79F9E1 #7991F9

monochromatic

#ED510B #F6783E #F9A179 #FCCAB4 #FEEAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#F9A179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#F9A179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9A179

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9A179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9A179	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)

#B8AB76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBE78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9a179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 161, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.118 45.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffbda0',
    500: '#f9a179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9a179;
$custom-light: #ffbda0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9a179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.75,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78826,
    "c": 0.11821,
    "h": 45
  },
  "luminance": 0.4701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9A179

secondary

#D5ECF6

accent

#9EE600

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18120E

muted

#86817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9A179

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

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