#F9B478#F9B478

#F9B478 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.111 H 61.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9B478
RGB	rgb(249, 180, 120)
HSL	hsl(28, 91%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(28, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 51.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.54, 18.47, 40.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.54, 44.37, 65.40°)
OKLab	oklab(82.19% 0.0532 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(82.19% 0.111 61.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.7814, 54.1426, 25.1203)
Luminance	0.5414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9B478 #78BDF9

analogous

#F9787D #F9B478 #F9F478

triadic

#F9B478 #78F9B4 #B478F9

tetradic

#F9B478 #7DF978 #78BDF9 #F478F9

square

#F9B478 #7DF978 #78BDF9 #F478F9

split-complementary

#F9B478 #78F9F4 #787DF9

monochromatic

#EC730A #F6933D #F9B478 #FCD5B3 #FEEFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#F9B478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#F9B478 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9B478

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9B478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9B478	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B973

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9b478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 180, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.111 61.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fecaa0',
    500: '#f9b478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9b478;
$custom-light: #fecaa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9b478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.907,
    "s": 91.489,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8219,
    "c": 0.11092,
    "h": 61.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9B478

secondary

#4090D5

accent

#7BE600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F5

border

#D7D2CF

text

#18130F

muted

#868280

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9B478

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

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