HEX atlas value

#F9E9BD

#F9E9BD is a warm orange HEX color close to Bisque. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 249, 233, 189, HSL 44, 83%, 86%, has luminance 0.8209, and belongs to the light and pastel groups.

orange warm light pastel

#F9E9BD Sample readable text

HEX #F9E9BD

RGB rgb(249, 233, 189)

HSL hsl(44 83% 86%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 6, 24, 2)

Luminance 0.8209

Contrast Black 17.42:1White 1.21:1

CSS

--color-f9e9bd: #F9E9BD;
.background-f9e9bd { background-color: #F9E9BD; }
.text-f9e9bd { color: #F9E9BD; }

Luminance0.8209

Black text17.42:1AA Pass

White text1.21:1AA 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":"#F9E9BD","rgb":[249,233,189],"hsl":[44,83,86],"cmyk":[0,6,24,2],"luminance":0.8209,"contrast":{"black":17.42,"white":1.21}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":17.42,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.21,"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":"#EBF9BE","hex":"#EBF9BE","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.83,"contrastWhite":1.12,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#FFECB8","hex":"#FFECB8","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.94,"contrastWhite":1.17,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Bisque","hex":"#FFE4C4","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.15,"contrastWhite":1.22,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Peach","hex":"#FFE5B4","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.12,"contrastWhite":1.23,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","light","pastel","light orange","pastel orange","Bisque adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","soft UI backgrounds","light surfaces"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/f9e9bd.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/bisque.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/moccasin.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/peach.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#BECDF9","analogous":["#F9CBBE","#EBF9BE"],"triadic":["#BEF9E9","#E9BEF9"],"tetradic":["#BEF9CB","#BECDF9","#F9BEEB"],"splitComplementary":["#BEEBF9","#CBBEF9"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#F9E9BD","#F1CD6A"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#F1CD6A","saturated":"#FFECB8","desaturated":"#F1E5C6","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFF7E0"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"bisque","name":"Bisque","hex":"#FFE4C4","distance":10.488088481701515},{"slug":"moccasin","name":"Moccasin","hex":"#FFE4B5","distance":11.180339887498949},{"slug":"peach","name":"Peach","hex":"#FFE5B4","distance":11.532562594670797},{"slug":"wheat","name":"Wheat","hex":"#F5DEB3","distance":15.394804318340652},{"slug":"vellum","name":"Vellum","hex":"#EFE3C8","distance":16.0312195418814}]

HEX meaning and use

About #F9E9BD

#F9E9BD is classified as a warm orange value with light and pastel visual character. #F9E9BD is visually closest to Bisque, a named orange color with HEX #FFE4C4.

The RGB channels are 249, 233, and 189, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 44deg with 83% saturation and 86% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

According to Colors Encyclopedia, this HEX value works best for color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and soft UI backgrounds. Its luminance is 0.8209, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 10.49, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text17.42:1AA Pass

White text1.21:1AA Fail

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

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

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #F9E9BD needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000017.42:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.21:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#000000 text · best 21:1#FFFFFF

#EBF9BE#000000 text · best 18.83:1#EBF9BE

#FFECB8#000000 text · best 17.94:1#FFECB8

Bisque#000000 text · best 17.15:1#FFE4C4

Peach#000000 text · best 17.12:1#FFE5B4

Generated Palette

#F9E9BD#F9E9BD

#BECDF9#BECDF9

#F9CBBE#F9CBBE

#EBF9BE#EBF9BE

White#FFFFFF

#F1CD6A#F1CD6A

Color Harmonies

#BECDF9#BECDF9

#F9CBBE#F9CBBE

#EBF9BE#EBF9BE

#BEF9E9#BEF9E9

#E9BEF9#E9BEF9

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#F1CD6A#F1CD6A

#FFECB8#FFECB8

#F1E5C6#F1E5C6

White#FFFFFF

#FFF7E0#FFF7E0

Nearest Named Colors

Bisque#FFE4C4

Moccasin#FFE4B5

Peach#FFE5B4

Wheat#F5DEB3

Vellum#EFE3C8

#F9E9BD

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #F9E9BD

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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