#f9c46e

Color #f9c46e

A vivid, highly saturated light orange.

Closest named color Sandy Brown #f4a460 · ΔE 16.34 Nearest Tailwind class orange-300 #ffb86a · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#f9c46e

RGB

rgb(249, 196, 110)

HSL

hsl(37.1, 92.1%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(37.1, 55.8%, 97.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 55.8%, 2.4%)

LAB

lab(82.24, 9.29, 49.88)

LCH

lch(82.24, 50.74, 79.45)

OKLCH

oklch(85%, 0.1203, 78.1)

HWB

hwb(37.1, 43.1%, 2.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6ea3f9

Analogous

#f97e6e

#f9c46e

#e9f96e

Triadic

#f9c46e

#6ef9c4

#c46ef9

Split-complementary

#f9c46e

#6ee9f9

#7e6ef9

Tetradic

#f9c46e

#a3f96e

#6ea3f9

#c46ef9

Square

#f9c46e

#6ef97e

#6ea3f9

#f96ee9

Shades

Color #f9c46e mixed toward black.

#f7ad35

#e69209

#ac6d07

#734905

#392402

Tints

Color #f9c46e mixed toward white.

#face86

#fbd89e

#fce1b7

#fdebcf

#fef5e7

Tones

Color #f9c46e mixed toward gray.

#edc17a

#e2be85

#d6bc91

#cbb99c

#bfb6a8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e4e489 · ΔE 16

Deuteranopia

#e7eb8f · ΔE 17.5

Tritanopia

#f79b9e · ΔE 30.9

Achromatopsia

#cdcdcd · ΔE 23.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #f9c46e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#f9c46e]

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Frequently asked questions

#f9c46e (#f9c46e) is rgb(249, 196, 110) in RGB.

No, #f9c46e is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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