#F9A36F#F9A36F
#F9A36F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.123 H 51.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #F9A36F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(249, 163, 111) |
| HSL | hsl(23, 92%, 71%) |
| HSV | hsv(23, 55%, 98%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 34.5%, 55.4%, 2.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(74.50, 26.66, 39.93) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(74.50, 48.01, 56.27°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.01% 0.0766 0.0957) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.01% 0.123 51.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.0368, 47.4866, 21.3031) |
| Luminance | 0.4748 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 3.23
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.70
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 4.76
Lightsalmon
#FFA07A
ΔE00 4.90
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.53
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.82
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#F9A36F #6FC5F9
analogous
#F96F80 #F9A36F #F9E86F
triadic
#F9A36F #6FF9A3 #A36FF9
tetradic
#F9A36F #80F96F #6FC5F9 #E86FF9
square
#F9A36F #80F96F #6FC5F9 #E86FF9
split-complementary
#F9A36F #6FF9E8 #6F80F9
monochromatic
#E45C0A #F77D34 #F9A36F #FBC9AA #FEECE2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.00
#F9A36F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.50
#F9A36F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #F9A36F
10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##F9A36F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##F9A36F | 1.00 | 2.00 | 10.50 | 10.50 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.00 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.50 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.50 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BBAC6B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CFBF6F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF9396
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B7B7B7
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #f9a36f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 163, 111); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.123 51.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ffbe99',
500: '#f9a36f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #f9a36f; $custom-light: #ffbe99; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#f9a36f",
"rgb": {
"r": 249,
"g": 163,
"b": 111
},
"hsl": {
"h": 22.609,
"s": 92,
"l": 70.588
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.79011,
"c": 0.12262,
"h": 51.3
},
"luminance": 0.47482
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#F9A36F
secondary
#CFE7F5
accent
#8FE600
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF7F2
border
#D7D0CC
text
#18120E
muted
#86817E