HEX atlas value

#F2ECD9

#F2ECD9 is a warm yellow HEX color nearest Eggshell. RGB 242, 236, 217, HSL 46° 49% 90%, luminance 0.8388; view contrast and conversions.

yellow warm light

#F2ECD9 Sample readable text

HEX #F2ECD9

RGB rgb(242, 236, 217)

HSL hsl(46 49% 90%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 2, 10, 5)

Luminance 0.8388

Contrast Black 17.78:1White 1.18:1

CSS

--color-f2ecd9: #F2ECD9;
.background-f2ecd9 { background-color: #F2ECD9; }
.text-f2ecd9 { color: #F2ECD9; }

HEX meaning and use

About #F2ECD9

#F2ECD9 is classified as a warm yellow value with light visual character. #F2ECD9 is visually closest to Eggshell, a named yellow color with HEX #F0EAD6.

The RGB channels are 242, 236, and 217, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 46deg with 49% saturation and 90% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and light surfaces. Its luminance is 0.8388, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 4.12, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text17.78:1AA Pass

White text1.18:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #F2ECD9 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000017.78:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.18:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 #F8EFD3#F8EFD3 · #000000 text · best 18.28:1 #EBF2D9#EBF2D9 · #000000 text · best 18.24:1 Antique White#FAEBD7 · #000000 text · best 17.93:1 Canvas#F4EBD0 · #000000 text · best 17.64:1

Generated Palette

#F2ECD9#F2ECD9

#D9DFF2#D9DFF2

#F2E0D9#F2E0D9

#EBF2D9#EBF2D9

White#FFFFFF

#DBCA95#DBCA95

Color Harmonies

#D9DFF2#D9DFF2

#F2E0D9#F2E0D9

#EBF2D9#EBF2D9

#D9F2EC#D9F2EC

#ECD9F2#ECD9F2

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#DBCA95#DBCA95

#F8EFD3#F8EFD3

#ECE9DF#ECE9DF

White#FFFFFF

#FFFDF5#FFFDF5

Nearest Named Colors

Eggshell#F0EAD6

Parchment#F1E9D2

Antique White#FAEBD7

Alabaster#EDEAE0

Canvas#F4EBD0

Luminance0.8388

Black text17.78:1AA Pass

White text1.18:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#F2ECD9","rgb":[242,236,217],"hsl":[46,49,90],"cmyk":[0,2,10,5],"luminance":0.8388,"contrast":{"black":17.78,"white":1.18}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":17.78,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.18,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"White","hex":"#FFFFFF","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":21,"contrastWhite":1,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#F8EFD3","hex":"#F8EFD3","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.28,"contrastWhite":1.15,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#EBF2D9","hex":"#EBF2D9","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.24,"contrastWhite":1.15,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Antique White","hex":"#FAEBD7","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.93,"contrastWhite":1.17,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Canvas","hex":"#F4EBD0","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.64,"contrastWhite":1.19,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","light","light yellow","Eggshell adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","light surfaces","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/f2ecd9.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/eggshell.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/parchment.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/antique-white.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#D9DFF2","analogous":["#F2E0D9","#EBF2D9"],"triadic":["#D9F2EC","#ECD9F2"],"tetradic":["#D9F2E0","#D9DFF2","#F2D9EB"],"splitComplementary":["#D9EBF2","#E0D9F2"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#F2ECD9","#DBCA95"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#DBCA95","saturated":"#F8EFD3","desaturated":"#ECE9DF","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFFDF5"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"eggshell","name":"Eggshell","hex":"#F0EAD6","distance":4.123105625617661},{"slug":"parchment","name":"Parchment","hex":"#F1E9D2","distance":7.681145747868608},{"slug":"antique-white","name":"Antique White","hex":"#FAEBD7","distance":8.306623862918075},{"slug":"alabaster","name":"Alabaster","hex":"#EDEAE0","distance":8.831760866327848},{"slug":"canvas","name":"Canvas","hex":"#F4EBD0","distance":9.273618495495704}]

#F2ECD9

CSS

About #F2ECD9

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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