#F9B272#F9B272

#F9B272 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.116 H 62.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9B272
RGB	rgb(249, 178, 114)
HSL	hsl(28, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(28, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.5%, 54.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.99, 19.02, 42.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.99, 46.77, 66.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.73% 0.0541 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(81.73% 0.116 62.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.0278, 53.1998, 23.1287)
Luminance	0.5320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9B272 #72B9F9

analogous

#F97275 #F9B272 #F9F572

triadic

#F9B272 #72F9B2 #B272F9

tetradic

#F9B272 #75F972 #72B9F9 #F572F9

square

#F9B272 #75F972 #72B9F9 #F572F9

split-complementary

#F9B272 #72F9F5 #7275F9

monochromatic

#E7730A #F79237 #F9B272 #FBD2AD #FEEFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#F9B272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#F9B272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9B272

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9B272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9B272	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B76D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C773

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9b272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 178, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.116 62.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc99c',
    500: '#f9b272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9b272;
$custom-light: #ffc99c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9b272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.444,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81734,
    "c": 0.11566,
    "h": 62.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9B272

secondary

#3B8CD4

accent

#79E600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F5

border

#D7D2CF

text

#18130E

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9B272

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

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