#f9faeb

Color #f9faeb

A moderately saturated very light yellow.

Closest named color Ivory #fffff0 · ΔE 1.84 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-50 #fefce8 · ΔE 2.1

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Conversions

HEX

#f9faeb

RGB

rgb(249, 250, 235)

HSL

hsl(64, 60%, 95.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(64, 6%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 6%, 2%)

LAB

lab(97.84, -2.9, 7.07)

LCH

lch(97.84, 7.64, 112.3)

OKLCH

oklch(98%, 0.0197, 109.91)

HWB

hwb(64, 92.2%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ecebfa

Analogous

#faf4eb

#f9faeb

#f2faeb

Triadic

#f9faeb

#ebf9fa

#faebf9

Split-complementary

#f9faeb

#ebf2fa

#f4ebfa

Tetradic

#f9faeb

#ebfaec

#ecebfa

#faebf9

Square

#f9faeb

#ebfaf4

#ecebfa

#faebf2

Shades

Color #f9faeb mixed toward black.

#e6eaaa

#d2da6a

#b8c231

#7b8120

#3d4110

Tints

Color #f9faeb mixed toward white.

#fafbee

#fbfcf2

#fcfdf5

#fdfdf8

#fefefc

Tones

Color #f9faeb mixed toward gray.

#f8f9ec

#f7f8ee

#f6f6ef

#f5f5f0

#f4f4f1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

19.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (19.9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#f9f9ef · ΔE 2.2

Deuteranopia

#f9f9f0 · ΔE 2.6

Tritanopia

#f9f2f2 · ΔE 9.3

Achromatopsia

#f9f9f9 · ΔE 7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #f9faeb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#f9faeb]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#f9faeb (#f9faeb) is rgb(249, 250, 235) in RGB.

No, #f9faeb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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