#F9A281#F9A281

#F9A281 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.114 H 41.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9A281
RGB	rgb(249, 162, 129)
HSL	hsl(17, 91%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(17, 48%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.9%, 48.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.55, 28.73, 30.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.55, 41.89, 46.68°)
OKLab	oklab(79.14% 0.085 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(79.14% 0.114 41.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.9528, 47.5700, 26.9997)
Luminance	0.4757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9A281 #81D8F9

analogous

#F9819C #F9A281 #F9DE81

triadic

#F9A281 #81F9A2 #A281F9

tetradic

#F9A281 #9CF981 #81D8F9 #DE81F9

square

#F9A281 #9CF981 #81D8F9 #DE81F9

split-complementary

#F9A281 #81F9DE #819CF9

monochromatic

#F34C0C #F67747 #F9A281 #FCCDBB #FEE9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#F9A281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#F9A281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9A281

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9A281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9A281	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AC7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBF80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF949A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9a281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 162, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.114 41.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#febea6',
    500: '#f9a281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9a281;
$custom-light: #febea6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9a281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.5,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79142,
    "c": 0.11353,
    "h": 41.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9A281

secondary

#D5EDF6

accent

#A6E600

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF7F4

border

#D7D0CE

text

#18120F

muted

#86817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9A281

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

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