#F9B260#F9B260

#F9B260 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.129 H 68.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9B260
RGB	rgb(249, 178, 96)
HSL	hsl(32, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(32, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.5%, 61.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.77, 17.70, 51.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.77, 54.36, 71.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.49% 0.0478 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(81.49% 0.129 68.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.1022, 52.8295, 18.2537)
Luminance	0.5282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9B260 #60A7F9

analogous

#F96660 #F9B260 #F3F960

triadic

#F9B260 #60F9B2 #B260F9

tetradic

#F9B260 #60F966 #60A7F9 #F960F3

square

#F9B260 #60F966 #60A7F9 #F960F3

split-complementary

#F9B260 #60F3F9 #6660F9

monochromatic

#D77708 #F79525 #F9B260 #FBCF9B #FDEBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#F9B260 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#F9B260 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9B260

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9B260	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9B260	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB658

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA19F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9b260;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 178, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.129 68.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc98f',
    500: '#f9b260',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9b260;
$custom-light: #ffc98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9b260",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.157,
    "s": 92.727,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81493,
    "c": 0.12867,
    "h": 68.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9B260

secondary

#2C79D1

accent

#6AE600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#19130D

muted

#87827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9B260

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

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