#F9A581#F9A581

#F9A581 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.111 H 43.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9A581
RGB	rgb(249, 165, 129)
HSL	hsl(18, 91%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(18, 48%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.7%, 48.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.23, 27.16, 31.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.23, 41.49, 49.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.66% 0.0803 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(79.66% 0.111 43.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.4876, 48.6395, 27.1779)
Luminance	0.4864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9A581 #81D5F9

analogous

#F98199 #F9A581 #F9E181

triadic

#F9A581 #81F9A5 #A581F9

tetradic

#F9A581 #99F981 #81D5F9 #E181F9

square

#F9A581 #99F981 #81D5F9 #E181F9

split-complementary

#F9A581 #81F9E1 #8199F9

monochromatic

#F3520C #F67B47 #F9A581 #FCCFBB #FEEAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#F9A581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#F9A581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9A581

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9A581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9A581	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAF7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC080

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF979C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9a581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 165, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.111 43.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fec0a6',
    500: '#f9a581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9a581;
$custom-light: #fec0a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9a581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79662,
    "c": 0.11144,
    "h": 43.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9A581

secondary

#D5ECF6

accent

#A1E600

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF7F4

border

#D7D0CE

text

#18120F

muted

#86817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9A581

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

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