#F9A481#F9A481

#F9A481 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.112 H 43.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9A481
RGB	rgb(249, 164, 129)
HSL	hsl(18, 91%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(18, 48%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.1%, 48.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, 27.69, 31.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 41.61, 48.29°)
OKLab	oklab(79.49% 0.0819 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(79.49% 0.112 43.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.3079, 48.2802, 27.1180)
Luminance	0.4828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9A481 #81D6F9

analogous

#F9819A #F9A481 #F9E081

triadic

#F9A481 #81F9A4 #A481F9

tetradic

#F9A481 #9AF981 #81D6F9 #E081F9

square

#F9A481 #9AF981 #81D6F9 #E081F9

split-complementary

#F9A481 #81F9E0 #819AF9

monochromatic

#F3500C #F67A47 #F9A481 #FCCEBB #FEEAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#F9A481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#F9A481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9A481

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9A481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9A481	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAE7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC080

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF969B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9a481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 164, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.112 43.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#febfa6',
    500: '#f9a481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9a481;
$custom-light: #febfa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9a481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.5,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79488,
    "c": 0.11211,
    "h": 43.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9A481

secondary

#D5ECF6

accent

#A3E600

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF7F4

border

#D7D0CE

text

#18120F

muted

#86817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9A481

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

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