#F9B59D#F9B59D

#F9B59D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.086 H 40.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9B59D
RGB	rgb(249, 181, 157)
HSL	hsl(16, 88%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(16, 37%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 36.9%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.40, 21.67, 21.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.40, 30.87, 45.41°)
OKLab	oklab(83.06% 0.0659 0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(83.06% 0.086 40.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.6787, 55.6257, 39.3799)
Luminance	0.5562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9B59D #9DE1F9

analogous

#F99DB3 #F9B59D #F9E39D

triadic

#F9B59D #9DF9B5 #B59DF9

tetradic

#F9B59D #B3F99D #9DE1F9 #E39DF9

square

#F9B59D #B3F99D #9DE1F9 #E39DF9

split-complementary

#F9B59D #9DF9E3 #9DB3F9

monochromatic

#F25E2A #F58963 #F9B59D #FDE1D7 #FDE9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#F9B59D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#F9B59D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9B59D

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9B59D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9B59D	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BC9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5CA9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFABAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9b59d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 181, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.086 40.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdcbba',
    500: '#f9b59d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9b59d;
$custom-light: #fdcbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9b59d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.652,
    "s": 88.462,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83058,
    "c": 0.08638,
    "h": 40.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9B59D

secondary

#60BADA

accent

#A9E500

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFAF8

border

#D7D3D1

text

#181311

muted

#868381

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9B59D

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

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