#F9B372#F9B372

#F9B372 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.116 H 63.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9B372
RGB	rgb(249, 179, 114)
HSL	hsl(29, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(29, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 54.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.23, 18.50, 43.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.23, 46.82, 66.73°)
OKLab	oklab(81.92% 0.0525 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(81.92% 0.116 63)
XYZ	xyz(58.2275, 53.5992, 23.1952)
Luminance	0.5360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9B372 #72B8F9

analogous

#F97274 #F9B372 #F9F772

triadic

#F9B372 #72F9B3 #B372F9

tetradic

#F9B372 #74F972 #72B8F9 #F772F9

square

#F9B372 #74F972 #72B8F9 #F772F9

split-complementary

#F9B372 #72F9F7 #7274F9

monochromatic

#E7740A #F79337 #F9B372 #FBD3AD #FEEFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#F9B372 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#F9B372 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9B372

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9B372	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9B372	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B86D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC873

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9b372;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 179, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.116 63.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc99c',
    500: '#f9b372',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9b372;
$custom-light: #ffc99c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9b372",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.889,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81917,
    "c": 0.11551,
    "h": 63
  },
  "luminance": 0.53595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9B372

secondary

#3B8AD4

accent

#77E600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F5

border

#D7D2CF

text

#18130E

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9B372

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

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