#F9B978#F9B978

#F9B978 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.110 H 65.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9B978
RGB	rgb(249, 185, 120)
HSL	hsl(30, 91%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(30, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 51.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.73, 15.85, 41.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.73, 44.73, 69.25°)
OKLab	oklab(83.11% 0.0454 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(83.11% 0.11 65.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.8091, 56.1978, 25.4628)
Luminance	0.5619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9B978 #78B8F9

analogous

#F97978 #F9B978 #F8F978

triadic

#F9B978 #78F9B9 #B978F9

tetradic

#F9B978 #78F979 #78B8F9 #F978F8

square

#F9B978 #78F979 #78B8F9 #F978F8

split-complementary

#F9B978 #78F8F9 #7978F9

monochromatic

#EC7C0A #F69B3D #F9B978 #FCD7B3 #FEF0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#F9B978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#F9B978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9B978

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9B978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9B978	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBD73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCB79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFABA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9b978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 185, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.110 65.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fecea0',
    500: '#f9b978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9b978;
$custom-light: #fecea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9b978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.233,
    "s": 91.489,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83111,
    "c": 0.11043,
    "h": 65.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9B978

secondary

#408AD5

accent

#72E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF5

border

#D7D3CF

text

#18130F

muted

#868380

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9B978

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

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