#f9f6e6

Color #f9f6e6

A moderately saturated very light yellow.

Closest named color Old Lace #fdf5e6 · ΔE 1.88 Nearest Tailwind class amber-50 #fffbeb · ΔE 1.2

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Conversions

HEX

#f9f6e6

RGB

rgb(249, 246, 230)

HSL

hsl(50.5, 61.3%, 93.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(50.5, 7.6%, 97.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 7.6%, 2.4%)

LAB

lab(96.72, -1.71, 8.05)

LCH

lch(96.72, 8.23, 101.99)

OKLCH

oklch(97.1%, 0.0213, 98.09)

HWB

hwb(50.5, 90.2%, 2.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6e9f9

Analogous

#f9ece6

#f9f6e6

#f2f9e6

Triadic

#f9f6e6

#e6f9f6

#f6e6f9

Split-complementary

#f9f6e6

#e6f2f9

#ece6f9

Tetradic

#f9f6e6

#e9f9e6

#e6e9f9

#f6e6f9

Square

#f9f6e6

#e6f9ec

#e6e9f9

#f9e6f2

Shades

Color #f9f6e6 mixed toward black.

#eadfa6

#dac865

#c1aa2e

#81711f

#40390f

Tints

Color #f9f6e6 mixed toward white.

#faf7ea

#fbf9ee

#fcfaf2

#fdfcf7

#fefdfb

Tones

Color #f9f6e6 mixed toward gray.

#f7f5e7

#f6f4e9

#f4f3eb

#f3f2ec

#f1f1ee

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.09:1

Aa Black text on this color

19.35:1

Black text reads better on this background (19.35:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#f8f8ea · ΔE 1.5

Deuteranopia

#f8f8eb · ΔE 1.7

Tritanopia

#f9edee · ΔE 10.6

Achromatopsia

#f6f6f6 · ΔE 7.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #f9f6e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#f9f6e6]

Related colors

Gold #ffd700

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Frequently asked questions

#f9f6e6 (#f9f6e6) is rgb(249, 246, 230) in RGB.

No, #f9f6e6 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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