#f9ca7b

Color #f9ca7b

A vivid, highly saturated light orange.

Closest named color Burlywood #deb887 · ΔE 16.9 Nearest Tailwind class orange-300 #ffb86a · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#f9ca7b

RGB

rgb(249, 202, 123)

HSL

hsl(37.6, 91.3%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(37.6, 50.6%, 97.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 50.6%, 2.4%)

LAB

lab(83.87, 7.24, 45.47)

LCH

lch(83.87, 46.04, 80.95)

OKLCH

oklch(86.4%, 0.1109, 79.45)

HWB

hwb(37.6, 48.2%, 2.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7baaf9

Analogous

#f98b7b

#f9ca7b

#e9f97b

Triadic

#f9ca7b

#7bf9ca

#ca7bf9

Split-complementary

#f9ca7b

#7be9f9

#8b7bf9

Tetradic

#f9ca7b

#aaf97b

#7baaf9

#ca7bf9

Square

#f9ca7b

#7bf98b

#7baaf9

#f97be9

Shades

Color #f9ca7b mixed toward black.

#f6b240

#ed990b

#b27208

#774c05

#3b2603

Tints

Color #f9ca7b mixed toward white.

#fad391

#fbdca7

#fce4bd

#fdedd3

#fef6e9

Tones

Color #f9ca7b mixed toward gray.

#eec785

#e4c590

#d9c29a

#cfbfa5

#c4bdaf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.76:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.76:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e6e693 · ΔE 14.4

Deuteranopia

#e9ec98 · ΔE 15.5

Tritanopia

#f7a3a7 · ΔE 30.2

Achromatopsia

#d1d1d1 · ΔE 22.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #f9ca7b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#f9ca7b]

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Frequently asked questions

#f9ca7b (#f9ca7b) is rgb(249, 202, 123) in RGB.

No, #f9ca7b 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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