#F9C899#F9C899
#F9C899 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.083 H 65.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #F9C899 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(249, 200, 153) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 89%, 79%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 39%, 98%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 38.6%, 2.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.84, 11.25, 30.11) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.84, 32.14, 69.51°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.49% 0.0348 0.0752) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.49% 0.083 65.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(65.4729, 63.7515, 38.9874) |
| Luminance | 0.6375 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Light Peach
#FFD8B1
ΔE00 4.36
Apricot
#FBCEB1
ΔE00 5.53
Peach
#FFDAB9
ΔE00 5.62
Burlywood
#DEB887
ΔE00 5.74
Navajowhite
#FFDEAD
ΔE00 6.62
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 7.87
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#F9C899 #99CAF9
analogous
#F9999A #F9C899 #F9F899
triadic
#F9C899 #99F9C8 #C899F9
tetradic
#F9C899 #9AF999 #99CAF9 #F899F9
square
#F9C899 #9AF999 #99CAF9 #F899F9
split-complementary
#F9C899 #99F9F8 #999AF9
monochromatic
#F28A25 #F6A95F #F9C899 #FCE7D3 #FDEFE2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.53
#F9C899 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.75
#F9C899 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #F9C899
13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##F9C899 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##F9C899 | 1.00 | 1.53 | 13.75 | 13.75 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.53 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.75 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.75 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D8CB96
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E4D59A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFBDBC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D1D1D1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #f9c899; /* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 200, 153); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.083 65.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#fdd8b7',
500: '#f9c899',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #f9c899; $custom-light: #fdd8b7; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#f9c899",
"rgb": {
"r": 249,
"g": 200,
"b": 153
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.375,
"s": 88.889,
"l": 78.824
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86488,
"c": 0.08286,
"h": 65.2
},
"luminance": 0.63748
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#F9C899
secondary
#5D9CD9
accent
#75E600
background
#FFFEFD
surface
#FFFBF8
border
#D7D4D1
text
#181411
muted
#868381