#F9AE6D#F9AE6D

#F9AE6D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.120 H 60.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9AE6D
RGB	rgb(249, 174, 109)
HSL	hsl(28, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(28, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 56.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.99, 20.73, 44.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.99, 48.67, 64.79°)
OKLab	oklab(80.94% 0.0586 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(80.94% 0.12 60.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.9667, 51.5205, 21.4092)
Luminance	0.5152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9AE6D #6DB8F9

analogous

#F96D72 #F9AE6D #F9F46D

triadic

#F9AE6D #6DF9AE #AE6DF9

tetradic

#F9AE6D #72F96D #6DB8F9 #F46DF9

square

#F9AE6D #72F96D #6DB8F9 #F46DF9

split-complementary

#F9AE6D #6DF9F4 #6D72F9

monochromatic

#E26E09 #F78D32 #F9AE6D #FBCFA8 #FEEFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#F9AE6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#F9AE6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9AE6D

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9AE6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9AE6D	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B467

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C56E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9E9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ae6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 174, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.120 60.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc698',
    500: '#f9ae6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ae6d;
$custom-light: #ffc698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ae6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.857,
    "s": 92.105,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80935,
    "c": 0.11999,
    "h": 60.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9AE6D

secondary

#378BD4

accent

#7BE600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F5

border

#D7D2CF

text

#18130E

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9AE6D

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

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