#f9f6ec

Color #f9f6ec

A moderately saturated very light yellow.

Closest named color Floral White #fffaf0 · ΔE 1.69 Nearest Tailwind class orange-50 #fff7ed · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#f9f6ec

RGB

rgb(249, 246, 236)

HSL

hsl(46.2, 52%, 95.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(46.2, 5.2%, 97.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 5.2%, 2.4%)

LAB

lab(96.86, -0.71, 5.16)

LCH

lch(96.86, 5.21, 97.83)

OKLCH

oklch(97.3%, 0.0136, 92.95)

HWB

hwb(46.2, 92.5%, 2.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eceff9

Analogous

#f9f0ec

#f9f6ec

#f5f9ec

Triadic

#f9f6ec

#ecf9f6

#f6ecf9

Split-complementary

#f9f6ec

#ecf5f9

#f0ecf9

Tetradic

#f9f6ec

#eff9ec

#eceff9

#f6ecf9

Square

#f9f6ec

#ecf9f0

#eceff9

#f9ecf5

Shades

Color #f9f6ec mixed toward black.

#e6d9af

#d2bc71

#b89b3a

#7b6827

#3d3413

Tints

Color #f9f6ec mixed toward white.

#faf8ef

#fbf9f2

#fcfbf6

#fdfcf9

#fefefc

Tones

Color #f9f6ec mixed toward gray.

#f8f5ed

#f7f5ee

#f6f4ef

#f5f4f0

#f4f3f1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

19.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (19.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#f8f8ee · ΔE 1.5

Deuteranopia

#f8f8ef · ΔE 1.4

Tritanopia

#f9f0f1 · ΔE 7.1

Achromatopsia

#f6f6f6 · ΔE 4.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #f9f6ec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#f9f6ec]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Gold #ffd700

Floral White #fffaf0

Old Lace #fdf5e6

Frequently asked questions

#f9f6ec (#f9f6ec) is rgb(249, 246, 236) in RGB.

No, #f9f6ec 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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