HEX atlas value

#F9FAE6

#F9FAE6 is a warm yellow HEX color nearest Old Lace. RGB 249, 250, 230, HSL 63° 67% 94%, luminance 0.9422; view contrast and conversions.

yellow warm light

#F9FAE6 Sample readable text

HEX #F9FAE6

RGB rgb(249, 250, 230)

HSL hsl(63 67% 94%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 0, 8, 2)

Luminance 0.9422

Contrast Black 19.84:1White 1.06:1

CSS

--color-f9fae6: #F9FAE6;
.background-f9fae6 { background-color: #F9FAE6; }
.text-f9fae6 { color: #F9FAE6; }

HEX meaning and use

About #F9FAE6

#F9FAE6 is classified as a warm yellow value with light visual character. #F9FAE6 is visually closest to Old Lace, a named orange color with HEX #FDF5E6.

The RGB channels are 249, 250, and 230, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 63deg with 67% 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 0.9422, 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 text19.84:1AA Pass

White text1.06:1AA Fail

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

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

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #F9FAE6 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000019.84:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.06:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 Light Yellow#FFFFE0 · #000000 text · best 20.63:1 #FCFDE2#FCFDE2 · #000000 text · best 20.29:1 #EFFAE5#EFFAE5 · #000000 text · best 19.48:1 #F6F7E9#F6F7E9 · #000000 text · best 19.4:1

Generated Palette

#F9FAE6#F9FAE6

#E6E5FA#E6E5FA

#FAF1E5#FAF1E5

#EFFAE5#EFFAE5

White#FFFFFF

#E7EB99#E7EB99

Color Harmonies

#E6E5FA#E6E5FA

#FAF1E5#FAF1E5

#EFFAE5#EFFAE5

#E5F9FA#E5F9FA

#FAE5F9#FAE5F9

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#E7EB99#E7EB99

#FCFDE2#FCFDE2

#F6F7E9#F6F7E9

White#FFFFFF

Nearest Named Colors

Old Lace#FDF5E6

Warm White#F8F4E3

Light Yellow#FFFFE0

Linen#FAF0E6

Linen White#FAF0E6

Luminance0.9422

Black text19.84:1AA Pass

White text1.06:1AA 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":"#F9FAE6","rgb":[249,250,230],"hsl":[63,67,94],"cmyk":[0,0,8,2],"luminance":0.9422,"contrast":{"black":19.84,"white":1.06}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":19.84,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.06,"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":"Light Yellow","hex":"#FFFFE0","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":20.63,"contrastWhite":1.02,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#FCFDE2","hex":"#FCFDE2","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":20.29,"contrastWhite":1.04,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#EFFAE5","hex":"#EFFAE5","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.48,"contrastWhite":1.08,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#F6F7E9","hex":"#F6F7E9","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.4,"contrastWhite":1.08,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","light","light yellow","Old Lace 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/f9fae6.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/old-lace.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/warm-white.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/light-yellow.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#E6E5FA","analogous":["#FAF1E5","#EFFAE5"],"triadic":["#E5F9FA","#FAE5F9"],"tetradic":["#E5FAF1","#E6E5FA","#FAE5EF"],"splitComplementary":["#E5EFFA","#F1E5FA"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#F9FAE6","#E7EB99"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#E7EB99","saturated":"#FCFDE2","desaturated":"#F6F7E9","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFFFFF"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"old-lace","name":"Old Lace","hex":"#FDF5E6","distance":6.4031242374328485},{"slug":"warm-white","name":"Warm White","hex":"#F8F4E3","distance":6.782329983125268},{"slug":"light-yellow","name":"Light Yellow","hex":"#FFFFE0","distance":9.848857801796104},{"slug":"linen","name":"Linen","hex":"#FAF0E6","distance":10.04987562112089},{"slug":"linen-white","name":"Linen White","hex":"#FAF0E6","distance":10.04987562112089}]

#F9FAE6

CSS

About #F9FAE6

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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