#f9c66c

Color #f9c66c

A vivid, highly saturated light orange.

Closest named color Sandy Brown #f4a460 · ΔE 17.91 Nearest Tailwind class orange-300 #ffb86a · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#f9c66c

RGB

rgb(249, 198, 108)

HSL

hsl(38.3, 92.2%, 70%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(38.3, 56.6%, 97.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 56.6%, 2.4%)

LAB

lab(82.71, 8.1, 51.4)

LCH

lch(82.71, 52.03, 81.04)

OKLCH

oklch(85.4%, 0.1226, 80.14)

HWB

hwb(38.3, 42.4%, 2.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6c9ff9

Analogous

#f97f6c

#f9c66c

#e6f96c

Triadic

#f9c66c

#6cf9c6

#c66cf9

Split-complementary

#f9c66c

#6ce6f9

#7f6cf9

Tetradic

#f9c66c

#9ff96c

#6c9ff9

#c66cf9

Square

#f9c66c

#6cf97f

#6c9ff9

#f96ce6

Shades

Color #f9c66c mixed toward black.

#f7b033

#e59509

#ac7007

#724b05

#392502

Tints

Color #f9c66c mixed toward white.

#fad084

#fbd99d

#fce3b5

#fdecce

#fef6e6

Tones

Color #f9c66c mixed toward gray.

#edc378

#e2c083

#d6bc8f

#cab99b

#beb6a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e5e489 · ΔE 15

Deuteranopia

#e8eb8f · ΔE 16.4

Tritanopia

#f79b9f · ΔE 32.3

Achromatopsia

#cecece · ΔE 24

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Code

CSS

background-color: #f9c66c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#f9c66c]

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Frequently asked questions

#f9c66c (#f9c66c) is rgb(249, 198, 108) in RGB.

No, #f9c66c 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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