#F9B16E#F9B16E

#F9B16E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.119 H 62.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9B16E
RGB	rgb(249, 177, 110)
HSL	hsl(29, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(29, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 55.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.71, 19.23, 44.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.71, 48.39, 66.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.49% 0.0542 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(81.49% 0.119 62.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.6069, 52.7142, 21.8896)
Luminance	0.5271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9B16E #6EB6F9

analogous

#F96E70 #F9B16E #F9F76E

triadic

#F9B16E #6EF9B1 #B16EF9

tetradic

#F9B16E #70F96E #6EB6F9 #F76EF9

square

#F9B16E #70F96E #6EB6F9 #F76EF9

split-complementary

#F9B16E #6EF9F7 #6E70F9

monochromatic

#E37209 #F79133 #F9B16E #FBD1A9 #FEEFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#F9B16E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#F9B16E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9B16E

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9B16E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9B16E	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)

#C8B668

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C76F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9b16e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 177, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.119 62.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc899',
    500: '#f9b16e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9b16e;
$custom-light: #ffc899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9b16e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.921,
    "s": 92.053,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81494,
    "c": 0.11872,
    "h": 62.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9B16E

secondary

#3788D4

accent

#77E600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F5

border

#D7D2CF

text

#18130E

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9B16E

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