#F9C49A#F9C49A
#F9C49A is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.082 H 59.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #F9C49A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(249, 196, 154) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 89%, 79%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 38%, 98%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 38.2%, 2.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.89, 13.45, 28.32) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.89, 31.35, 64.59°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.75% 0.0413 0.071) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.75% 0.082 59.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(64.6416, 61.9561, 39.1195) |
| Luminance | 0.6195 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Apricot
#FBCEB1
ΔE00 4.39
Light Peach
#FFD8B1
ΔE00 5.46
Peach
#FFDAB9
ΔE00 6.12
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.55
Burlywood
#DEB887
ΔE00 6.76
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 7.47
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#F9C49A #9ACFF9
analogous
#F99AA0 #F9C49A #F9F39A
triadic
#F9C49A #9AF9C4 #C49AF9
tetradic
#F9C49A #A0F99A #9ACFF9 #F39AF9
square
#F9C49A #A0F99A #9ACFF9 #F39AF9
split-complementary
#F9C49A #9AF9F3 #9AA0F9
monochromatic
#F28126 #F6A260 #F9C49A #FCE6D4 #FDEEE2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.57
#F9C49A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.39
#F9C49A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #F9C49A
13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##F9C49A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##F9C49A | 1.00 | 1.57 | 13.39 | 13.39 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.57 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.39 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.39 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D4C897
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E1D39B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFB9B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CECECE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #f9c49a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 196, 154); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.082 59.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#fdd5b8',
500: '#f9c49a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #f9c49a; $custom-light: #fdd5b8; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#f9c49a",
"rgb": {
"r": 249,
"g": 196,
"b": 154
},
"hsl": {
"h": 26.526,
"s": 88.785,
"l": 79.02
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85754,
"c": 0.08215,
"h": 59.8
},
"luminance": 0.61953
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#F9C49A
secondary
#5EA3D9
accent
#80E500
background
#FFFEFD
surface
#FFFBF8
border
#D7D4D1
text
#181411
muted
#868381