#F9B16D#F9B16D

#F9B16D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.119 H 63.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9B16D
RGB	rgb(249, 177, 109)
HSL	hsl(29, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(29, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 56.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.69, 19.16, 44.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.69, 48.80, 66.89°)
OKLab	oklab(81.48% 0.0539 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(81.48% 0.119 63.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.5527, 52.6926, 21.6045)
Luminance	0.5269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9B16D #6DB5F9

analogous

#F96D6F #F9B16D #F9F76D

triadic

#F9B16D #6DF9B1 #B16DF9

tetradic

#F9B16D #6FF96D #6DB5F9 #F76DF9

square

#F9B16D #6FF96D #6DB5F9 #F76DF9

split-complementary

#F9B16D #6DF9F7 #6D6FF9

monochromatic

#E27309 #F79232 #F9B16D #FBD0A8 #FEEFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#F9B16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#F9B16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9B16D

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9B16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9B16D	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B667

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C76E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9b16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 177, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.119 63.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc898',
    500: '#f9b16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9b16d;
$custom-light: #ffc898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9b16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.143,
    "s": 92.105,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8148,
    "c": 0.11945,
    "h": 63.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9B16D

secondary

#3787D4

accent

#76E600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F5

border

#D7D2CF

text

#18130E

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9B16D

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

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