#F9B178#F9B178

#F9B178 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.112 H 58.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9B178
RGB	rgb(249, 177, 120)
HSL	hsl(27, 91%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(27, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 51.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.84, 20.05, 39.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.84, 44.26, 63.06°)
OKLab	oklab(81.64% 0.0579 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(81.64% 0.112 58.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.1823, 52.9444, 24.9206)
Luminance	0.5294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9B178 #78C0F9

analogous

#F9787F #F9B178 #F9F278

triadic

#F9B178 #78F9B1 #B178F9

tetradic

#F9B178 #7FF978 #78C0F9 #F278F9

square

#F9B178 #7FF978 #78C0F9 #F278F9

split-complementary

#F9B178 #78F9F2 #787FF9

monochromatic

#EC6E0A #F68F3D #F9B178 #FCD3B3 #FEEEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#F9B178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#F9B178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9B178

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9B178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9B178	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B773

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9b178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 177, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.112 58.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fec8a0',
    500: '#f9b178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9b178;
$custom-light: #fec8a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9b178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.512,
    "s": 91.489,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81644,
    "c": 0.11155,
    "h": 58.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9B178

secondary

#4093D5

accent

#80E600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F5

border

#D7D2CF

text

#18130F

muted

#868280

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9B178

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

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