#F9B16C#F9B16C

#F9B16C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.120 H 63.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9B16C
RGB	rgb(249, 177, 108)
HSL	hsl(29, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(29, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 56.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.68, 19.08, 45.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.68, 49.22, 67.19°)
OKLab	oklab(81.47% 0.0535 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(81.47% 0.12 63.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.4992, 52.6712, 21.3226)
Luminance	0.5267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9B16C #6CB4F9

analogous

#F96C6D #F9B16C #F9F86C

triadic

#F9B16C #6CF9B1 #B16CF9

tetradic

#F9B16C #6DF96C #6CB4F9 #F86CF9

square

#F9B16C #6DF96C #6CB4F9 #F86CF9

split-complementary

#F9B16C #6CF9F8 #6C6DF9

monochromatic

#E17309 #F79231 #F9B16C #FBD0A7 #FEEFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#F9B16C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#F9B16C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9B16C

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9B16C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9B16C	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B666

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C76D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9b16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 177, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.120 63.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc897',
    500: '#f9b16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9b16c;
$custom-light: #ffc897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9b16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.362,
    "s": 92.157,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81466,
    "c": 0.12017,
    "h": 63.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9B16C

secondary

#3686D4

accent

#75E600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F5

border

#D7D2CF

text

#18130E

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9B16C

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

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