#F9B266#F9B266
#F9B266 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.124 H 66.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #F9B266 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(249, 178, 102) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 92%, 69%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 59%, 98%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 28.5%, 59%, 2.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.84, 18.11, 48.56) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.84, 51.82, 69.54°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.57% 0.0498 0.114) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.57% 0.124 66.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.3890, 52.9443, 19.7645) |
| Luminance | 0.5294 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 2.96
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 3.76
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.01
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.54
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 4.65
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 6.40
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#F9B266 #66ADF9
analogous
#F96966 #F9B266 #F7F966
triadic
#F9B266 #66F9B2 #B266F9
tetradic
#F9B266 #66F969 #66ADF9 #F966F7
square
#F9B266 #66F969 #66ADF9 #F966F7
split-complementary
#F9B266 #66F7F9 #6966F9
monochromatic
#DC7609 #F7942B #F9B266 #FBD0A1 #FEEDDC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.81
#F9B266 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.59
#F9B266 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #F9B266
11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##F9B266 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##F9B266 | 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)
#C9B75F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DAC767
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFA2A0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #f9b266; /* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 178, 102); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.124 66.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ffc993',
500: '#f9b266',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #f9b266; $custom-light: #ffc993; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#f9b266",
"rgb": {
"r": 249,
"g": 178,
"b": 102
},
"hsl": {
"h": 31.02,
"s": 92.453,
"l": 68.824
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.81568,
"c": 0.1244,
"h": 66.4
},
"luminance": 0.5294
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#F9B266
secondary
#307FD3
accent
#6FE600
background
#FFFDFC
surface
#FFF9F4
border
#D7D2CE
text
#18130D
muted
#86827F