#f9fae1

Color #f9fae1

A vivid, highly saturated very light yellow.

Closest named color Beige #f5f5dc · ΔE 1.7 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-50 #fefce8 · ΔE 2.4

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Conversions

HEX

#f9fae1

RGB

rgb(249, 250, 225)

HSL

hsl(62.4, 71.4%, 93.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(62.4, 10%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 10%, 2%)

LAB

lab(97.61, -4.53, 11.89)

LCH

lch(97.61, 12.72, 110.86)

OKLCH

oklch(97.8%, 0.0327, 108.93)

HWB

hwb(62.4, 88.2%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2e1fa

Analogous

#faeee1

#f9fae1

#ecfae1

Triadic

#f9fae1

#e1f9fa

#fae1f9

Split-complementary

#f9fae1

#e1ecfa

#eee1fa

Tetradic

#f9fae1

#e1fae2

#e2e1fa

#fae1f9

Square

#f9fae1

#e1faee

#e2e1fa

#fae1ec

Shades

Color #f9fae1 mixed toward black.

#ebef9d

#dee359

#c5cb22

#838817

#42440b

Tints

Color #f9fae1 mixed toward white.

#fafbe6

#fbfceb

#fcfcf0

#fdfdf5

#fefefa

Tones

Color #f9fae1 mixed toward gray.

#f7f8e3

#f5f6e5

#f3f4e7

#f1f2e9

#efefeb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

19.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (19.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#f9f9e7 · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#f9f9e9 · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#f9eced · ΔE 15.4

Achromatopsia

#f8f8f8 · ΔE 10.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #f9fae1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#f9fae1]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#f9fae1 (#f9fae1) is rgb(249, 250, 225) in RGB.

No, #f9fae1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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