HEX atlas value

#F8F9E7

#F8F9E7 is a warm yellow HEX color nearest Warm White. RGB 248, 249, 231, HSL 63° 60% 94%, luminance 0.9348; view contrast and conversions.

yellow warm light

#F8F9E7 Sample readable text

HEX #F8F9E7

RGB rgb(248, 249, 231)

HSL hsl(63 60% 94%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 0, 7, 2)

Luminance 0.9348

Contrast Black 19.7:1White 1.07:1

CSS

--color-f8f9e7: #F8F9E7;
.background-f8f9e7 { background-color: #F8F9E7; }
.text-f8f9e7 { color: #F8F9E7; }

HEX meaning and use

About #F8F9E7

#F8F9E7 is classified as a warm yellow value with light visual character. #F8F9E7 is visually closest to Warm White, a named yellow color with HEX #F8F4E3.

The RGB channels are 248, 249, and 231, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 63deg with 60% saturation and 94% 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 0.9348, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 6.40, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text19.7:1AA Pass

White text1.07:1AA Fail

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

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

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #F8F9E7 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000019.7:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.07:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 #FBFCE3#FBFCE3 · #000000 text · best 20.14:1 Sea Shell#FFF5EE · #000000 text · best 19.55:1 Old Lace#FDF5E6 · #000000 text · best 19.38:1 #EFF9E7#EFF9E7 · #000000 text · best 19.37:1

Generated Palette

#F8F9E7#F8F9E7

#E7E7F9#E7E7F9

#F9F1E7#F9F1E7

#EFF9E7#EFF9E7

White#FFFFFF

#E3E79D#E3E79D

Color Harmonies

#E7E7F9#E7E7F9

#F9F1E7#F9F1E7

#EFF9E7#EFF9E7

#E7F8F9#E7F8F9

#F9E7F8#F9E7F8

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#E3E79D#E3E79D

#FBFCE3#FBFCE3

#F5F6EA#F5F6EA

White#FFFFFF

Nearest Named Colors

Warm White#F8F4E3

Old Lace#FDF5E6

Linen#FAF0E6

Linen White#FAF0E6

Sea Shell#FFF5EE

Luminance0.9348

Black text19.7:1AA Pass

White text1.07:1AA 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":"#F8F9E7","rgb":[248,249,231],"hsl":[63,60,94],"cmyk":[0,0,7,2],"luminance":0.9348,"contrast":{"black":19.7,"white":1.07}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":19.7,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.07,"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":"#FBFCE3","hex":"#FBFCE3","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":20.14,"contrastWhite":1.04,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Sea Shell","hex":"#FFF5EE","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.55,"contrastWhite":1.07,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Old Lace","hex":"#FDF5E6","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.38,"contrastWhite":1.08,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#EFF9E7","hex":"#EFF9E7","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.37,"contrastWhite":1.08,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","light","light yellow","Warm White 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/f8f9e7.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/warm-white.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/old-lace.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/linen.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#E7E7F9","analogous":["#F9F1E7","#EFF9E7"],"triadic":["#E7F8F9","#F9E7F8"],"tetradic":["#E7F9F1","#E7E7F9","#F9E7EF"],"splitComplementary":["#E7EFF9","#F1E7F9"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#F8F9E7","#E3E79D"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#E3E79D","saturated":"#FBFCE3","desaturated":"#F5F6EA","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFFFFF"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"warm-white","name":"Warm White","hex":"#F8F4E3","distance":6.4031242374328485},{"slug":"old-lace","name":"Old Lace","hex":"#FDF5E6","distance":6.48074069840786},{"slug":"linen","name":"Linen","hex":"#FAF0E6","distance":9.273618495495704},{"slug":"linen-white","name":"Linen White","hex":"#FAF0E6","distance":9.273618495495704},{"slug":"sea-shell","name":"Sea Shell","hex":"#FFF5EE","distance":10.677078252031311}]

#F8F9E7

CSS

About #F8F9E7

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

Related HEX Guides