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Recognised as Colour

#F9EAE0

  • #F9EAE0
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Linen

#F9EAE0 is a orange with RGB values 249, 234, 224 and HSL 24°, 68%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Linen.

Colour values

#F9EAE0#F9EAE0
HEX#F9EAE0
RGBrgb(249, 234, 224)
RGB (0–1)0.9765, 0.9176, 0.8784
RGB percentages97.6%, 91.8%, 87.8%
HSLhsl(24, 67.6%, 92.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(24, 10%, 97.6%)
CMYK0%, 6%, 10%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,378,592
CSS custom property--colour: #F9EAE0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84367WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness237.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.87:1
Contrast with white1.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ECECEC
Inverted#06151F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EEEBDFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#F2EEE0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Tritanopia#FEE7E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.17:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Linen · ΔE 2.5Sea shell · ΔE 4.3Old lace · ΔE 4.8Antique white · ΔE 5.1Misty rose · ΔE 5.7Floral white · ΔE 6
Nearest named CSS colourLinen (#FAF0E6)ΔE 2.52, a close match
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E0EFF9
Analogous#F9E0E3, #F9F7E0
Triadic#E0F9EA, #EAE0F9
Split complementary#E0F9F7, #E0E3F9
Tetradic#E3F9E0, #E0EFF9, #F7E0F9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FFFFFF
Darker −10%#F1CDB5
Darker −20%#E8B08B
Darker −30%#E09360
Darker −40%#D87635
More saturated +25%#FEE9DB
Less saturated −25%#F4EBE5

Channel breakdown

R249
G234
B224
Red249 (97.6%)
Green234 (91.8%)
Blue224 (87.8%)
Hue24°
Saturation (HSL)67.57%
Lightness92.75%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR F9 · G EA · B E0

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