#F9B26E#F9B26E

#F9B26E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.119 H 63.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9B26E
RGB	rgb(249, 178, 110)
HSL	hsl(29, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(29, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.5%, 55.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.94, 18.71, 44.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.94, 48.44, 67.28°)
OKLab	oklab(81.68% 0.0527 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(81.68% 0.119 63.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.8051, 53.1107, 21.9557)
Luminance	0.5311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9B26E #6EB5F9

analogous

#F96E6F #F9B26E #F9F86E

triadic

#F9B26E #6EF9B2 #B26EF9

tetradic

#F9B26E #6FF96E #6EB5F9 #F86EF9

square

#F9B26E #6FF96E #6EB5F9 #F86EF9

split-complementary

#F9B26E #6EF9F8 #6E6FF9

monochromatic

#E37409 #F79333 #F9B26E #FBD1A9 #FEEFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#F9B26E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#F9B26E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9B26E

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9B26E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9B26E	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B768

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C76F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9b26e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 178, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.119 63.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc999',
    500: '#f9b26e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9b26e;
$custom-light: #ffc999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9b26e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.353,
    "s": 92.053,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81676,
    "c": 0.11859,
    "h": 63.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9B26E

secondary

#3787D4

accent

#75E600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F5

border

#D7D2CF

text

#18130E

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9B26E

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

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