#F9AE66#F9AE66
#F9AE66 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.125 H 63.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #F9AE66 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(249, 174, 102) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 92%, 69%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 59%, 98%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 59%, 2.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(76.91, 20.21, 47.44) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(76.91, 51.57, 66.92°) |
| OKLab | oklab(80.84% 0.0561 0.1116) |
| OKLCH | oklch(80.84% 0.125 63.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.6047, 51.3757, 19.5031) |
| Luminance | 0.5137 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 1.68
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 2.77
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.89
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.18
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.43
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 5.93
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#F9AE66 #66B1F9
analogous
#F96668 #F9AE66 #F9F866
triadic
#F9AE66 #66F9AE #AE66F9
tetradic
#F9AE66 #68F966 #66B1F9 #F866F9
square
#F9AE66 #68F966 #66B1F9 #F866F9
split-complementary
#F9AE66 #66F9F8 #6668F9
monochromatic
#DC7009 #F78F2B #F9AE66 #FBCDA1 #FEECDC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.86
#F9AE66 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.27
#F9AE66 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #F9AE66
11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##F9AE66 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##F9AE66 | 1.00 | 1.86 | 11.27 | 11.27 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.86 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.27 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.27 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C6B460
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D7C567
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF9D9D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BEBEBE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #f9ae66; /* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 174, 102); /* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.125 63.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ffc693',
500: '#f9ae66',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #f9ae66; $custom-light: #ffc693; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#f9ae66",
"rgb": {
"r": 249,
"g": 174,
"b": 102
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.388,
"s": 92.453,
"l": 68.824
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.80839,
"c": 0.12485,
"h": 63.3
},
"luminance": 0.51371
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#F9AE66
secondary
#3083D3
accent
#75E600
background
#FFFDFC
surface
#FFF9F4
border
#D7D2CE
text
#18130D
muted
#86827F