#F9A181#F9A181
#F9A181 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.114 H 40.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #F9A181 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(249, 161, 129) |
| HSL | hsl(16, 91%, 74%) |
| HSV | hsv(16, 48%, 98%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 48.2%, 2.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(74.33, 29.26, 30.18) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(74.33, 42.04, 45.89°) |
| OKLab | oklab(78.97% 0.0866 0.0746) |
| OKLCH | oklch(78.97% 0.114 40.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.7774, 47.2191, 26.9412) |
| Luminance | 0.4721 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Lightsalmon
#FFA07A
ΔE00 1.85
Darksalmon
#E9967A
ΔE00 3.56
Light Salmon
#FEA993
ΔE00 3.81
Pale Salmon
#FFB19A
ΔE00 4.70
Blush (survey)
#F29E8E
ΔE00 5.32
Peachy Pink
#FF9A8A
ΔE00 5.99
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#F9A181 #81D9F9
analogous
#F9819D #F9A181 #F9DD81
triadic
#F9A181 #81F9A1 #A181F9
tetradic
#F9A181 #9DF981 #81D9F9 #DD81F9
square
#F9A181 #9DF981 #81D9F9 #DD81F9
split-complementary
#F9A181 #81F9DD #819DF9
monochromatic
#F34A0C #F67547 #F9A181 #FCCDBB #FEE9E2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.01
#F9A181 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.44
#F9A181 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #F9A181
10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##F9A181 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##F9A181 | 1.00 | 2.01 | 10.44 | 10.44 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.01 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.44 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.44 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B7AC7E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CCBE80
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF9399
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B7B7B7
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #f9a181; /* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 161, 129); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.114 40.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#febda6',
500: '#f9a181',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #f9a181; $custom-light: #febda6; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#f9a181",
"rgb": {
"r": 249,
"g": 161,
"b": 129
},
"hsl": {
"h": 16,
"s": 90.909,
"l": 74.118
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7897,
"c": 0.11428,
"h": 40.7
},
"luminance": 0.47214
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#F9A181
secondary
#D5EDF6
accent
#A8E600
background
#FFFBFA
surface
#FFF6F4
border
#D7D0CE
text
#18120F
muted
#86817F