#f0f9a5

Color #f0f9a5

A vivid, highly saturated very light yellow.

Closest named color Khaki #f0e68c · ΔE 10.13 Nearest Tailwind class lime-200 #d8f999 · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#f0f9a5

RGB

rgb(240, 249, 165)

HSL

hsl(66.4, 87.5%, 81.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66.4, 33.7%, 97.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 33.7%, 2.4%)

LAB

lab(95.58, -15.63, 39.39)

LCH

lch(95.58, 42.38, 111.64)

OKLCH

oklch(95.6%, 0.1061, 113.38)

HWB

hwb(66.4, 64.7%, 2.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aea5f9

Analogous

#f9d8a5

#f0f9a5

#c6f9a5

Triadic

#f0f9a5

#a5f0f9

#f9a5f0

Split-complementary

#f0f9a5

#a5c6f9

#d8a5f9

Tetradic

#f0f9a5

#a5f9ae

#aea5f9

#f9a5f0

Square

#f0f9a5

#a5f9d8

#aea5f9

#f9a5c6

Shades

Color #f0f9a5 mixed toward black.

#e5f564

#dbf024

#afc20d

#758109

#3a4104

Tints

Color #f0f9a5 mixed toward white.

#f3fab4

#f5fbc3

#f8fcd2

#fafde1

#fdfef0

Tones

Color #f0f9a5 mixed toward gray.

#ebf2ac

#e5ebb3

#e0e4ba

#daddc1

#d5d6c8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

18.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (18.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#f4f4be · ΔE 6

Deuteranopia

#f3f3c3 · ΔE 7.3

Tritanopia

#f0cfd2 · ΔE 32.9

Achromatopsia

#f2f2f2 · ΔE 22.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #f0f9a5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#f0f9a5]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#f0f9a5 (#f0f9a5) is rgb(240, 249, 165) in RGB.

No, #f0f9a5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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