#F9B596#F9B596

#F9B596 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.090 H 45.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9B596
RGB	rgb(249, 181, 150)
HSL	hsl(19, 89%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(19, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 39.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.27, 20.88, 25.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.27, 33.00, 50.73°)
OKLab	oklab(82.91% 0.0632 0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(82.91% 0.09 45.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.0981, 55.3934, 36.3222)
Luminance	0.5539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#F9B596 #96DAF9

analogous

#F996A8 #F9B596 #F9E696

triadic

#F9B596 #96F9B5 #B596F9

tetradic

#F9B596 #A8F996 #96DAF9 #E696F9

square

#F9B596 #A8F996 #96DAF9 #E696F9

split-complementary

#F9B596 #96F9E6 #96A8F9

monochromatic

#F26322 #F68C5C #F9B596 #FCDED0 #FDEBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#F9B596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#F9B596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9B596

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9B596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9B596	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BC94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CA96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFAAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9b596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 181, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.090 45.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdcbb5',
    500: '#f9b596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9b596;
$custom-light: #fdcbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9b596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.788,
    "s": 89.189,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82911,
    "c": 0.09012,
    "h": 45.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9B596

secondary

#5AB1D9

accent

#9EE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFAF8

border

#D7D3D1

text

#181311

muted

#868381

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9B596

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

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