#F9A478#F9A478

#F9A478 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.117 H 47.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9A478
RGB	rgb(249, 164, 120)
HSL	hsl(20, 91%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(20, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.1%, 51.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.86, 26.88, 35.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.86, 44.66, 52.99°)
OKLab	oklab(79.33% 0.0784 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(79.33% 0.117 47.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.7358, 48.0514, 24.1051)
Luminance	0.4805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9A478 #78CDF9

analogous

#F9788D #F9A478 #F9E478

triadic

#F9A478 #78F9A4 #A478F9

tetradic

#F9A478 #8DF978 #78CDF9 #E478F9

square

#F9A478 #8DF978 #78CDF9 #E478F9

split-complementary

#F9A478 #78F9E4 #788DF9

monochromatic

#EC570A #F67D3D #F9A478 #FCCBB3 #FEEBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#F9A478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#F9A478 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9A478

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9A478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9A478	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAD74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBF78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9a478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 164, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.117 47.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffbf9f',
    500: '#f9a478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9a478;
$custom-light: #ffbf9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9a478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.465,
    "s": 91.489,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7933,
    "c": 0.11692,
    "h": 47.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9A478

secondary

#D5EBF6

accent

#97E600

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF7F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18120E

muted

#86817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9A478

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

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