Colour

#F9F5E5

#F9F5E5
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Old lace

#F9F5E5 is a yellow with RGB values 249, 245, 229 and HSL 48°, 62%, 94%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Old lace.

Colour values

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HEX#F9F5E5

RGBrgb(249, 245, 229)

RGB (0–1)0.9765, 0.9608, 0.898

RGB percentages97.6%, 96.1%, 89.8%

HSLhsl(48, 62.5%, 93.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48, 8%, 97.6%)

CMYK0%, 1.6%, 8%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,381,413

CSS custom property--colour: #F9F5E5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.91102WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness244.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.22:1

Contrast with white1.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black19.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F5F5F5

Inverted#060A1A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F9F4E4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#FAF5E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FDF2F0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.09:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text19.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Old lace · ΔE 1.6 Ivory · ΔE 3.5 Floral white · ΔE 3.7 Linen · ΔE 3.9 Beige · ΔE 4.8 Sea shell · ΔE 5.1

Nearest named CSS colourOld lace (#FDF5E6)ΔE 1.57, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#E5E9F9

Analogous#F9EBE5, #F3F9E5

Triadic#E5F9F5, #F5E5F9

Split complementary#E5F3F9, #EBE5F9

Tetradic#E5F9EB, #E5E9F9, #F9E5F3

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%#EFE5BC

Darker −20%#E6D592

Darker −30%#DCC569

Darker −40%#D3B53F

More saturated +25%#FDF7E1

Less saturated −25%#F5F3E9

Channel breakdown

R249

G245

B229

Red249 (97.6%)

Green245 (96.1%)

Blue229 (89.8%)

Hue48°

Saturation (HSL)62.5%

Lightness93.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F9 · G F5 · B E5

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