#F9B162#F9B162

#F9B162 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.127 H 66.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9B162
RGB	rgb(249, 177, 98)
HSL	hsl(31, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(31, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 60.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.56, 18.36, 50.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.56, 53.44, 69.91°)
OKLab	oklab(81.33% 0.05 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(81.33% 0.127 66.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.9972, 52.4704, 18.6788)
Luminance	0.5247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9B162 #62AAF9

analogous

#F96562 #F9B162 #F5F962

triadic

#F9B162 #62F9B1 #B162F9

tetradic

#F9B162 #62F965 #62AAF9 #F962F5

square

#F9B162 #62F965 #62AAF9 #F962F5

split-complementary

#F9B162 #62F5F9 #6562F9

monochromatic

#D87508 #F79427 #F9B162 #FBCE9D #FEECD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#F9B162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#F9B162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9B162

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9B162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9B162	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B65B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA09F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9b162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 177, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.127 66.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc891',
    500: '#f9b162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9b162;
$custom-light: #ffc891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9b162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.391,
    "s": 92.638,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81334,
    "c": 0.12732,
    "h": 66.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9B162

secondary

#2D7CD2

accent

#6DE600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#19130D

muted

#87827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9B162

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →