HEX atlas value

#F9EDD2

#F9EDD2 is a warm orange HEX color nearest Antique White. RGB 249, 237, 210, HSL 42° 76% 90%, luminance 0.8536; view contrast and conversions.

orange warm light pastel

#F9EDD2 Sample readable text

HEX #F9EDD2

RGB rgb(249, 237, 210)

HSL hsl(42 76% 90%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 5, 16, 2)

Luminance 0.8536

Contrast Black 18.07:1White 1.16:1

CSS

--color-f9edd2: #F9EDD2;
.background-f9edd2 { background-color: #F9EDD2; }
.text-f9edd2 { color: #F9EDD2; }

HEX meaning and use

About #F9EDD2

#F9EDD2 is classified as a warm orange value with light and pastel visual character. #F9EDD2 is visually closest to Antique White, a named orange color with HEX #FAEBD7.

The RGB channels are 249, 237, and 210, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 42deg with 76% saturation and 90% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-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 soft UI backgrounds. Its luminance is 0.8536, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 5.48, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text18.07:1AA Pass

White text1.16:1AA Fail

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

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

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #F9EDD2 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000018.07:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.16:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 #F1F9D2#F1F9D2 · #000000 text · best 19.22:1 Papaya Whip#FFEFD5 · #000000 text · best 18.56:1 #FEEFCD#FEEFCD · #000000 text · best 18.44:1 Blanched Almond#FFEBCD · #000000 text · best 18.02:1

Generated Palette

#F9EDD2#F9EDD2

#D2DEF9#D2DEF9

#F9DAD2#F9DAD2

#F1F9D2#F1F9D2

White#FFFFFF

#EECD81#EECD81

Color Harmonies

#D2DEF9#D2DEF9

#F9DAD2#F9DAD2

#F1F9D2#F1F9D2

#D2F9ED#D2F9ED

#EDD2F9#EDD2F9

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#EECD81#EECD81

#FEEFCD#FEEFCD

#F3EBD8#F3EBD8

White#FFFFFF

#FFFCF5#FFFCF5

Nearest Named Colors

Antique White#FAEBD7

Canvas#F4EBD0

Papaya Whip#FFEFD5

Champagne#F7E7CE

Blanched Almond#FFEBCD

Luminance0.8536

Black text18.07:1AA Pass

White text1.16:1AA 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":"#F9EDD2","rgb":[249,237,210],"hsl":[42,76,90],"cmyk":[0,5,16,2],"luminance":0.8536,"contrast":{"black":18.07,"white":1.16}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":18.07,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.16,"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":"#F1F9D2","hex":"#F1F9D2","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.22,"contrastWhite":1.09,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Papaya Whip","hex":"#FFEFD5","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.56,"contrastWhite":1.13,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#FEEFCD","hex":"#FEEFCD","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.44,"contrastWhite":1.14,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Blanched Almond","hex":"#FFEBCD","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.02,"contrastWhite":1.17,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","light","pastel","light orange","pastel orange","Antique White 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/f9edd2.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/antique-white.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/canvas.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/papaya-whip.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#D2DEF9","analogous":["#F9DAD2","#F1F9D2"],"triadic":["#D2F9ED","#EDD2F9"],"tetradic":["#D2F9DA","#D2DEF9","#F9D2F1"],"splitComplementary":["#D2F1F9","#DAD2F9"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#F9EDD2","#EECD81"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#EECD81","saturated":"#FEEFCD","desaturated":"#F3EBD8","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFFCF5"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"antique-white","name":"Antique White","hex":"#FAEBD7","distance":5.477225575051661},{"slug":"canvas","name":"Canvas","hex":"#F4EBD0","distance":5.744562646538029},{"slug":"papaya-whip","name":"Papaya Whip","hex":"#FFEFD5","distance":7},{"slug":"champagne","name":"Champagne","hex":"#F7E7CE","distance":7.483314773547883},{"slug":"blanched-almond","name":"Blanched Almond","hex":"#FFEBCD","distance":8.06225774829855}]

#F9EDD2

CSS

About #F9EDD2

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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