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#f9b296 color: Mermaid Cheeks

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17°
100%

OKLCH

82.4%
0.092
42°
  • ≈ Baby pink
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Vivid
  • Pastel
  • Warm
  • red-300
  • Black 2%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text1.77:1 · Below AALc -37
Black text11.84:1 · AALc 71

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About #f9b296

#f9b296 is a pastel light orange color. In OKLCH it has 82.4% lightness, 0.092 chroma and a hue of 42°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 1.77:1 contrast and black text 11.84:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Mermaid Cheeks (#fcb39a). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is red-300.

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Lighter: #f9b296 mixed with white

  1. f9b296
  2. fabaa0
  3. fbc2ab
  4. fcc9b5
  5. fdd1c0
  6. fed9ca
  7. fee0d5
  8. ffe8df
  9. fff0ea
  10. fff7f4

Darker: #f9b296 mixed with black

  1. f9b296
  2. d99a82
  3. b9836e
  4. 9a6d5b
  5. 7d5749
  6. 614337
  7. 462f26
  8. 2c1d16
  9. 150c08
  10. 030101

Calmer: #f9b296 with less saturation

  1. f9b296
  2. f4b49b
  3. efb6a0
  4. eab8a5
  5. e5baaa
  6. e0bcae
  7. dbbeb3
  8. d6c0b8
  9. d0c2bc
  10. cbc3c1