#F9C49E#F9C49E
#F9C49E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.079 H 57.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #F9C49E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(249, 196, 158) |
| HSL | hsl(25, 88%, 80%) |
| HSV | hsv(25, 37%, 98%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 36.5%, 2.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.96, 13.91, 26.31) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.96, 29.77, 62.14°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.83% 0.0429 0.0663) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.83% 0.079 57.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(64.9803, 62.0916, 40.9033) |
| Luminance | 0.6209 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Apricot
#FBCEB1
ΔE00 3.53
Light Peach
#FFD8B1
ΔE00 5.77
Peach
#FFDAB9
ΔE00 6.07
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.66
Burlywood
#DEB887
ΔE00 7.59
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 8.19
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#F9C49E #9ED3F9
analogous
#F99EA6 #F9C49E #F9F29E
triadic
#F9C49E #9EF9C4 #C49EF9
tetradic
#F9C49E #A6F99E #9ED3F9 #F29EF9
square
#F9C49E #A6F99E #9ED3F9 #F29EF9
split-complementary
#F9C49E #9EF9F2 #9EA6F9
monochromatic
#F27E2B #F5A164 #F9C49E #FDE7D8 #FDEDE2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.57
#F9C49E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.42
#F9C49E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #F9C49E
13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##F9C49E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##F9C49E | 1.00 | 1.57 | 13.42 | 13.42 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.57 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.42 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.42 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D4C89B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E0D39E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFBABA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CFCFCF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #f9c49e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 196, 158); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.079 57.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#fdd5bb',
500: '#f9c49e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #f9c49e; $custom-light: #fdd5bb; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#f9c49e",
"rgb": {
"r": 249,
"g": 196,
"b": 158
},
"hsl": {
"h": 25.055,
"s": 88.35,
"l": 79.804
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85834,
"c": 0.07897,
"h": 57.1
},
"luminance": 0.62088
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#F9C49E
secondary
#61A8DA
accent
#86E501
background
#FFFEFD
surface
#FFFBF8
border
#D7D4D1
text
#181411
muted
#868381