#f9edc6

Color #f9edc6

A vivid, highly saturated very light yellow.

Closest named color Blanched Almond #ffebcd · ΔE 5.36 Nearest Tailwind class amber-100 #fef3c6 · ΔE 2

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Conversions

HEX

#f9edc6

RGB

rgb(249, 237, 198)

HSL

hsl(45.9, 81%, 87.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(45.9, 20.5%, 97.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 20.5%, 2.4%)

LAB

lab(93.79, -2.05, 20.38)

LCH

lch(93.79, 20.48, 95.74)

OKLCH

oklch(94.6%, 0.0524, 92.96)

HWB

hwb(45.9, 77.6%, 2.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c6d2f9

Analogous

#f9d3c6

#f9edc6

#ebf9c6

Triadic

#f9edc6

#c6f9ed

#edc6f9

Split-complementary

#f9edc6

#c6ebf9

#d3c6f9

Tetradic

#f9edc6

#d2f9c6

#c6d2f9

#edc6f9

Square

#f9edc6

#c6f9d3

#c6d2f9

#f9c6eb

Shades

Color #f9edc6 mixed toward black.

#f2d882

#ebc23f

#caa015

#876a0e

#433507

Tints

Color #f9edc6 mixed toward white.

#faf0cf

#fbf3d9

#fcf6e2

#fdf9ec

#fefcf5

Tones

Color #f9edc6 mixed toward gray.

#f5ebca

#f0e8ce

#ece6d3

#e8e4d7

#e4e2db

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

17.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (17.96:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#f4f4d0 · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#f5f5d3 · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#f8d8da · ΔE 21.7

Achromatopsia

#ededed · ΔE 14.1

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #f9edc6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#f9edc6]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Gold #ffd700

Floral White #fffaf0

Old Lace #fdf5e6

Frequently asked questions

#f9edc6 (#f9edc6) is rgb(249, 237, 198) in RGB.

No, #f9edc6 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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