#F9A596#F9A596

#F9A596 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.103 H 30.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9A596
RGB	rgb(249, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(9, 89%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(9, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.7%, 39.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.61, 29.30, 20.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.61, 35.79, 35.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% 0.0884 0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.103 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.0296, 49.2564, 35.2993)
Luminance	0.4925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9A596 #96EAF9

analogous

#F996B8 #F9A596 #F9D696

triadic

#F9A596 #96F9A5 #A596F9

tetradic

#F9A596 #B8F996 #96EAF9 #D696F9

square

#F9A596 #B8F996 #96EAF9 #D696F9

split-complementary

#F9A596 #96F9D6 #96B8F9

monochromatic

#F24222 #F6735C #F9A596 #FCD7D0 #FDE6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#F9A596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#F9A596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9A596

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9A596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9A596	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B095

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCC195

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9a596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.103 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fec0b5',
    500: '#f9a596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9a596;
$custom-light: #fec0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9a596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.091,
    "s": 89.189,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80084,
    "c": 0.10271,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9A596

secondary

#D6F1F5

accent

#C3E600

background

#FFFBFB

surface

#FFF7F6

border

#D7D0D0

text

#181211

muted

#868180

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9A596

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

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