#F9ECD8#F9ECD8

#F9ECD8 is a very light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.851; OKLCH L 94.8% C 0.030 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9ECD8
RGB	rgb(249, 236, 216)
HSL	hsl(36, 73%, 91%)
HSV	hsv(36, 13%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 13.3%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.92, 1.13, 11.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.92, 11.33, 84.27°)
OKLab	oklab(94.81% 0.0058 0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(94.81% 0.03 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(81.4561, 85.0897, 77.0853)
Luminance	0.8509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9ECD8 #D8E5F9

analogous

#F9DBD8 #F9ECD8 #F5F9D8

triadic

#F9ECD8 #D8F9EC #ECD8F9

tetradic

#F9ECD8 #D8F9DB #D8E5F9 #F9D8F5

square

#F9ECD8 #D8F9DB #D8E5F9 #F9D8F5

split-complementary

#F9ECD8 #D8F5F9 #DBD8F9

monochromatic

#E9B86E #F1D2A3 #F9ECD8 #FBF2E4 #FBF2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#F9ECD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.02

#F9ECD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9ECD8

18.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9ECD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9ECD8	1.00	1.17	18.02	18.02
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2ECD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5EFD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE8E6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ecd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 236, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.8% 0.030 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbf2e4',
    500: '#f9ecd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ecd8;
$custom-light: #fbf2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ecd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.364,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 91.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94807,
    "c": 0.02996,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.85089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9ECD8

secondary

#97B3DE

accent

#5ED510

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFEFC

border

#D7D6D5

text

#171615

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9ECD8

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

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