#F9B280#F9B280

#F9B280 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.106 H 55.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9B280
RGB	rgb(249, 178, 128)
HSL	hsl(25, 91%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(25, 49%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.5%, 48.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.19, 20.24, 35.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.19, 41.08, 60.49°)
OKLab	oklab(81.96% 0.0594 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(81.96% 0.106 55.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.8865, 53.5433, 27.6513)
Luminance	0.5354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9B280 #80C7F9

analogous

#F9808B #F9B280 #F9EE80

triadic

#F9B280 #80F9B2 #B280F9

tetradic

#F9B280 #8BF980 #80C7F9 #EE80F9

square

#F9B280 #8BF980 #80C7F9 #EE80F9

split-complementary

#F9B280 #80F9EE #808BF9

monochromatic

#F36B0B #F68F46 #F9B280 #FCD5BA #FEEDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#F9B280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#F9B280 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9B280

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9B280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9B280	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B87C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C880

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9b280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 178, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.106 55.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fec9a5',
    500: '#f9b280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9b280;
$custom-light: #fec9a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9b280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.793,
    "s": 90.977,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81957,
    "c": 0.10564,
    "h": 55.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9B280

secondary

#479BD6

accent

#87E600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F6

border

#D7D2D0

text

#18130F

muted

#868280

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9B280

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

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