#F9AE72#F9AE72

#F9AE72 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.117 H 58.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9AE72
RGB	rgb(249, 174, 114)
HSL	hsl(27, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(27, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 54.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.06, 21.13, 41.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.06, 46.63, 63.06°)
OKLab	oklab(81.01% 0.0604 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(81.01% 0.117 58.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.2435, 51.6312, 22.8672)
Luminance	0.5163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9AE72 #72BDF9

analogous

#F97279 #F9AE72 #F9F272

triadic

#F9AE72 #72F9AE #AE72F9

tetradic

#F9AE72 #79F972 #72BDF9 #F272F9

square

#F9AE72 #79F972 #72BDF9 #F272F9

split-complementary

#F9AE72 #72F9F2 #7279F9

monochromatic

#E76C0A #F78C37 #F9AE72 #FBD0AD #FEEEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#F9AE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#F9AE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9AE72

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9AE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9AE72	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B46D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C573

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ae72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 174, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.117 58.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc69b',
    500: '#f9ae72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ae72;
$custom-light: #ffc69b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ae72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.667,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81009,
    "c": 0.11652,
    "h": 58.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9AE72

secondary

#3B90D4

accent

#7FE600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F5

border

#D7D2CF

text

#18130E

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9AE72

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

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