#F9B460#F9B460

#F9B460 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.129 H 69.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9B460
RGB	rgb(249, 180, 96)
HSL	hsl(33, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(33, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 61.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.25, 16.65, 51.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.25, 54.55, 72.23°)
OKLab	oklab(81.86% 0.0447 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(81.86% 0.129 69.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.5030, 53.6312, 18.3873)
Luminance	0.5363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9B460 #60A5F9

analogous

#F96760 #F9B460 #F2F960

triadic

#F9B460 #60F9B4 #B460F9

tetradic

#F9B460 #60F967 #60A5F9 #F960F2

square

#F9B460 #60F967 #60A5F9 #F960F2

split-complementary

#F9B460 #60F2F9 #6760F9

monochromatic

#D77908 #F79825 #F9B460 #FBD09B #FDECD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#F9B460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#F9B460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9B460

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9B460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9B460	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB858

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA3A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9b460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 180, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.129 69.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffca90',
    500: '#f9b460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9b460;
$custom-light: #ffca90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9b460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.941,
    "s": 92.727,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81861,
    "c": 0.12866,
    "h": 69.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9B460

secondary

#2C77D1

accent

#68E600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#19130D

muted

#87827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9B460

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

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