#F9B279#F9B279

#F9B279 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.111 H 59.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#F9B279
RGBrgb(249, 178, 121)
HSLhsl(27, 91%, 73%)
HSVhsv(27, 51%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 28.5%, 51.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LABlab(78.09, 19.61, 39.26)
CIE-LCHlch(78.09, 43.88, 63.45°)
OKLaboklab(81.84% 0.0567 0.095)
OKLCHoklch(81.84% 0.111 59.2)
XYZxyz(58.4416, 53.3653, 25.3079)
Luminance0.5336 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#F9B279 #79C0F9
analogous
#F97980 #F9B279 #F9F279
triadic
#F9B279 #79F9B2 #B279F9
tetradic
#F9B279 #80F979 #79C0F9 #F279F9
square
#F9B279 #80F979 #79C0F9 #F279F9
split-complementary
#F9B279 #79F9F2 #7980F9
monochromatic
#ED6F0B #F6903E #F9B279 #FCD4B4 #FEEEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80
#F9B279 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67
#F9B279 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9B279
11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##F9B279#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##F9B2791.001.8011.6711.67
#FFFFFF1.801.0021.0021.00
#00000011.6721.001.001.00
##00000011.6721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C7B874
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D8C77A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFA3A4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #f9b279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 178, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.111 59.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fec9a0',
    500: '#f9b279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #f9b279;
$custom-light: #fec9a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#f9b279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.719,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81841,
    "c": 0.11059,
    "h": 59.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#F9B279
secondary
#4193D5
accent
#7FE600
background
#FFFDFC
surface
#FFF9F5
border
#D7D2CF
text
#18130F
muted
#868280

Preview Lab

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#F9B279 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva