#F9B36E#F9B36E
#F9B36E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.118 H 64.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #F9B36E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(249, 179, 110) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 92%, 70%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 56%, 98%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 55.8%, 2.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(78.18, 18.18, 44.97) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(78.18, 48.51, 67.99°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.86% 0.0511 0.1069) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.86% 0.118 64.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.0048, 53.5101, 22.0223) |
| Luminance | 0.5351 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 2.03
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.12
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.15
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.95
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.52
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 6.04
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#F9B36E #6EB4F9
analogous
#F96E6E #F9B36E #F9F86E
triadic
#F9B36E #6EF9B3 #B36EF9
tetradic
#F9B36E #6EF96E #6EB4F9 #F86EF9
square
#F9B36E #6EF96E #6EB4F9 #F86EF9
split-complementary
#F9B36E #6EF9F8 #6E6EF9
monochromatic
#E37609 #F79433 #F9B36E #FBD2A9 #FEF0E2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.79
#F9B36E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.70
#F9B36E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #F9B36E
11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##F9B36E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##F9B36E | 1.00 | 1.79 | 11.70 | 11.70 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.79 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.70 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.70 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C9B868
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DAC86F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFA3A2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C1C1C1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #f9b36e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 179, 110); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.118 64.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ffc999',
500: '#f9b36e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #f9b36e; $custom-light: #ffc999; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#f9b36e",
"rgb": {
"r": 249,
"g": 179,
"b": 110
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.784,
"s": 92.053,
"l": 70.392
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.81859,
"c": 0.11847,
"h": 64.5
},
"luminance": 0.53506
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#F9B36E
secondary
#3786D4
accent
#74E600
background
#FFFDFC
surface
#FFF9F5
border
#D7D2CF
text
#18130E
muted
#86827F