#F9AD66#F9AD66
#F9AD66 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.125 H 62.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #F9AD66 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(249, 173, 102) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 92%, 69%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 59%, 98%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 59%, 2.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(76.67, 20.74, 47.17) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(76.67, 51.52, 66.27°) |
| OKLab | oklab(80.66% 0.0576 0.1109) |
| OKLCH | oklch(80.66% 0.125 62.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.4123, 50.9908, 19.4389) |
| Luminance | 0.5099 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 1.52
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.51
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 2.57
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.40
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.11
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 6.29
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#F9AD66 #66B2F9
analogous
#F96669 #F9AD66 #F9F766
triadic
#F9AD66 #66F9AD #AD66F9
tetradic
#F9AD66 #69F966 #66B2F9 #F766F9
square
#F9AD66 #69F966 #66B2F9 #F766F9
split-complementary
#F9AD66 #66F9F7 #6669F9
monochromatic
#DC6F09 #F78D2B #F9AD66 #FBCDA1 #FEECDC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.88
#F9AD66 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.20
#F9AD66 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #F9AD66
11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##F9AD66 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##F9AD66 | 1.00 | 1.88 | 11.20 | 11.20 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.88 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.20 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.20 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C5B360
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D7C467
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF9C9C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BDBDBD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #f9ad66; /* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 173, 102); /* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.125 62.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ffc593',
500: '#f9ad66',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #f9ad66; $custom-light: #ffc593; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#f9ad66",
"rgb": {
"r": 249,
"g": 173,
"b": 102
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.98,
"s": 92.453,
"l": 68.824
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.80658,
"c": 0.12502,
"h": 62.5
},
"luminance": 0.50986
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#F9AD66
secondary
#3084D3
accent
#77E600
background
#FFFDFC
surface
#FFF9F4
border
#D7D2CE
text
#18130D
muted
#86827F