#F9AA79#F9AA79

#F9AA79 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.113 H 52.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9AA79
RGB	rgb(249, 170, 121)
HSL	hsl(23, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(23, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 51.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.24, 23.82, 36.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.24, 43.92, 57.16°)
OKLab	oklab(80.4% 0.0693 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(80.4% 0.113 52.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.8960, 50.2742, 24.7927)
Luminance	0.5027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9AA79 #79C8F9

analogous

#F97988 #F9AA79 #F9EA79

triadic

#F9AA79 #79F9AA #AA79F9

tetradic

#F9AA79 #88F979 #79C8F9 #EA79F9

square

#F9AA79 #88F979 #79C8F9 #EA79F9

split-complementary

#F9AA79 #79F9EA #7988F9

monochromatic

#ED610B #F6853E #F9AA79 #FCCFB4 #FEECE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#F9AA79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#F9AA79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9AA79

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9AA79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9AA79	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B275

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9B9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9aa79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 170, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.113 52.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc3a0',
    500: '#f9aa79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9aa79;
$custom-light: #ffc3a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9aa79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.969,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80403,
    "c": 0.11328,
    "h": 52.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9AA79

secondary

#419CD5

accent

#8EE600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F5

border

#D7D2CF

text

#18120F

muted

#868280

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9AA79

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

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