#f9fae8

Color #f9fae8

A moderately saturated very light yellow.

Closest named color Ivory #fffff0 · ΔE 2.46 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-50 #fefce8 · ΔE 1.5

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Conversions

HEX

#f9fae8

RGB

rgb(249, 250, 232)

HSL

hsl(63.3, 64.3%, 94.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(63.3, 7.2%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 7.2%, 2%)

LAB

lab(97.77, -3.39, 8.52)

LCH

lch(97.77, 9.17, 111.7)

OKLCH

oklch(98%, 0.0237, 109.51)

HWB

hwb(63.3, 91%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e9e8fa

Analogous

#faf2e8

#f9fae8

#f0fae8

Triadic

#f9fae8

#e8f9fa

#fae8f9

Split-complementary

#f9fae8

#e8f0fa

#f2e8fa

Tetradic

#f9fae8

#e8fae9

#e9e8fa

#fae8f9

Square

#f9fae8

#e8faf2

#e9e8fa

#fae8f0

Shades

Color #f9fae8 mixed toward black.

#e8eca6

#d7dd64

#bdc62b

#7e841d

#3f420e

Tints

Color #f9fae8 mixed toward white.

#fafbec

#fbfcf0

#fcfcf3

#fdfdf7

#fefefb

Tones

Color #f9fae8 mixed toward gray.

#f8f8e9

#f6f7eb

#f5f5ec

#f4f4ee

#f2f2ef

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

19.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (19.87:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#f9f9ed · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#f9f9ee · ΔE 2.9

Tritanopia

#f9f0f1 · ΔE 11.6

Achromatopsia

#f9f9f9 · ΔE 8.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #f9fae8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#f9fae8]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#f9fae8 (#f9fae8) is rgb(249, 250, 232) in RGB.

No, #f9fae8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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