#F9A262#F9A262

#F9A262 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.131 H 55.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9A262
RGB	rgb(249, 162, 98)
HSL	hsl(25, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(25, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.9%, 60.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.10, 26.23, 46.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.10, 53.05, 60.36°)
OKLab	oklab(78.65% 0.0735 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(78.65% 0.131 55.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.1956, 46.8671, 17.7449)
Luminance	0.4686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9A262 #62B9F9

analogous

#F9626E #F9A262 #F9ED62

triadic

#F9A262 #62F9A2 #A262F9

tetradic

#F9A262 #6EF962 #62B9F9 #ED62F9

square

#F9A262 #6EF962 #62B9F9 #ED62F9

split-complementary

#F9A262 #62F9ED #626EF9

monochromatic

#D86008 #F77F27 #F9A262 #FBC59D #FEE8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#F9A262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#F9A262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9A262

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9A262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9A262	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	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)

#BBAB5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BE62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9a262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 162, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.131 55.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffbe90',
    500: '#f9a262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9a262;
$custom-light: #ffbe90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9a262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.43,
    "s": 92.638,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7865,
    "c": 0.13081,
    "h": 55.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9A262

secondary

#C4DFF2

accent

#84E600

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#19120D

muted

#87817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9A262

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

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