#F9B15A#F9B15A
#F9B15A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.133 H 69.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #F9B15A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(249, 177, 90) |
| HSL | hsl(33, 93%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(33, 64%, 98%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 63.9%, 2.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.48, 17.84, 53.92) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.48, 56.80, 71.69°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.24% 0.0474 0.1241) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.24% 0.133 69.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.6382, 52.3268, 16.7879) |
| Luminance | 0.5232 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 2.61
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 2.68
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.74
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.77
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 4.85
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 5.82
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#F9B15A #5AA2F9
analogous
#F9625A #F9B15A #F2F95A
triadic
#F9B15A #5AF9B1 #B15AF9
tetradic
#F9B15A #5AF962 #5AA2F9 #F95AF2
square
#F9B15A #5AF962 #5AA2F9 #F95AF2
split-complementary
#F9B15A #5AF2F9 #625AF9
monochromatic
#D17608 #F7951F #F9B15A #FBCD95 #FDE9D0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.83
#F9B15A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.46
#F9B15A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #F9B15A
11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##F9B15A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##F9B15A | 1.00 | 1.83 | 11.46 | 11.46 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.83 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.46 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.46 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C9B551
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DAC65C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFA09D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BFBFBF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #f9b15a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 177, 90); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.133 69.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ffc88b',
500: '#f9b15a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #f9b15a; $custom-light: #ffc88b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#f9b15a",
"rgb": {
"r": 249,
"g": 177,
"b": 90
},
"hsl": {
"h": 32.83,
"s": 92.982,
"l": 66.471
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8124,
"c": 0.13286,
"h": 69.1
},
"luminance": 0.52322
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#F9B15A
secondary
#2B74CC
accent
#68E600
background
#FFFDFC
surface
#FFF9F4
border
#D7D2CE
text
#19130C
muted
#87827F