Recognised as Colour
#F9F3E0
- #F9F3E0
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Old lace
#F9F3E0 is a yellow with RGB values 249, 243, 224 and HSL 46°, 68%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Old lace.
Colour values
#F9F3E0#F9F3E0
HEX#F9F3E0
RGBrgb(249, 243, 224)
RGB (0–1)0.9765, 0.9529, 0.8784
RGB percentages97.6%, 95.3%, 87.8%
HSLhsl(45.6, 67.6%, 92.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(45.6, 10%, 97.6%)
CMYK0%, 2.4%, 10%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,380,896
CSS custom property--colour: #F9F3E0;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.89623WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness242.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.92:1
Contrast with white1.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#F3F3F3
Inverted#060C1F
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.11:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text18.92:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#E0E6F9
Analogous#F9E6E0, #F3F9E0
Triadic#E0F9F3, #F3E0F9
Split complementary#E0F3F9, #E6E0F9
Tetradic#E0F9E6, #E0E6F9, #F9E0F3
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R249
G243
B224
Red249 (97.6%)
Green243 (95.3%)
Blue224 (87.8%)
Hue45.6°
Saturation (HSL)67.57%
Lightness92.75%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR F9 · G F3 · B E0
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