#F9B265#F9B265

#F9B265 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.125 H 66.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9B265
RGB	rgb(249, 178, 101)
HSL	hsl(31, 93%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(31, 59%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.5%, 59.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.83, 18.04, 49.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.83, 52.25, 69.80°)
OKLab	oklab(81.56% 0.0495 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(81.56% 0.125 66.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.3397, 52.9246, 19.5049)
Luminance	0.5292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9B265 #65ACF9

analogous

#F96865 #F9B265 #F6F965

triadic

#F9B265 #65F9B2 #B265F9

tetradic

#F9B265 #65F968 #65ACF9 #F965F6

square

#F9B265 #65F968 #65ACF9 #F965F6

split-complementary

#F9B265 #65F6F9 #6865F9

monochromatic

#DB7609 #F7952A #F9B265 #FBCFA0 #FEEDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#F9B265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#F9B265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9B265

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9B265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9B265	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B75E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC766

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9b265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 178, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.125 66.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc993',
    500: '#f9b265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9b265;
$custom-light: #ffc993;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9b265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.216,
    "s": 92.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81555,
    "c": 0.12512,
    "h": 66.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9B265

secondary

#307ED3

accent

#6EE600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130D

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9B265

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

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