#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
RGB	rgb(249, 178, 121)
HSL	hsl(27, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(27, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.5%, 51.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.09, 19.61, 39.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.09, 43.88, 63.45°)
OKLab	oklab(81.84% 0.0567 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(81.84% 0.111 59.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.4416, 53.3653, 25.3079)
Luminance	0.5336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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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
##F9B279	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #F9B279

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

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