HEX atlas value

#F9FDA5

#F9FDA5 is a warm yellow HEX color close to Butter. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 249, 253, 165, HSL 63, 96%, 82%, has luminance 0.9311, and belongs to the pastel group.

yellow warm pastel

#F9FDA5 Sample readable text

HEX #F9FDA5

RGB rgb(249, 253, 165)

HSL hsl(63 96% 82%)

CMYK cmyk(2, 0, 35, 1)

Luminance 0.9311

Contrast Black 19.62:1White 1.07:1

CSS

--color-f9fda5: #F9FDA5;
.background-f9fda5 { background-color: #F9FDA5; }
.text-f9fda5 { color: #F9FDA5; }

Luminance0.9311

Black text19.62:1AA 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":"#F9FDA5","rgb":[249,253,165],"hsl":[63,96,82],"cmyk":[2,0,35,1],"luminance":0.9311,"contrast":{"black":19.62,"white":1.07}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":19.62,"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":"#FAFFA3","hex":"#FAFFA3","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.9,"contrastWhite":1.06,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Pastel Yellow","hex":"#FDFD96","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.67,"contrastWhite":1.07,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Soft Yellow","hex":"#FFF8B8","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.37,"contrastWhite":1.08,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#F3FB4B","hex":"#F3FB4B","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.71,"contrastWhite":1.12,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","pastel","pastel yellow","Butter adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","soft UI backgrounds","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/f9fda5.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/butter.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pastel-yellow.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/soft-yellow.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#A9A5FD","analogous":["#FDD6A5","#CDFDA5"],"triadic":["#A5F9FD","#FDA5F9"],"tetradic":["#A5FDD6","#A9A5FD","#FDA5CD"],"splitComplementary":["#A5CDFD","#D6A5FD"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#F9FDA5","#F3FB4B"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#F3FB4B","saturated":"#FAFFA3","desaturated":"#F0F3AF","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FCFFCC"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"butter","name":"Butter","hex":"#FFF1A8","distance":13.74772708486752},{"slug":"pastel-yellow","name":"Pastel Yellow","hex":"#FDFD96","distance":15.524174696260024},{"slug":"soft-yellow","name":"Soft Yellow","hex":"#FFF8B8","distance":20.54263858417414},{"slug":"pale-goldenrod","name":"Pale Goldenrod","hex":"#EEE8AA","distance":24.228082879171435},{"slug":"vanilla","name":"Vanilla","hex":"#F3E5AB","distance":25.45584412271571}]

HEX meaning and use

About #F9FDA5

#F9FDA5 is classified as a warm yellow value with pastel visual character. #F9FDA5 is visually closest to Butter, a named yellow color with HEX #FFF1A8.

The RGB channels are 249, 253, and 165, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 63deg with 96% saturation and 82% 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 0.9311, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 13.75, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text19.62:1AA 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 #F9FDA5 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000019.62:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.07:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#000000 text · best 21:1#FFFFFF

#FAFFA3#000000 text · best 19.9:1#FAFFA3

Pastel Yellow#000000 text · best 19.67:1#FDFD96

Soft Yellow#000000 text · best 19.37:1#FFF8B8

#F3FB4B#000000 text · best 18.71:1#F3FB4B

Generated Palette

#F9FDA5#F9FDA5

#A9A5FD#A9A5FD

#FDD6A5#FDD6A5

#CDFDA5#CDFDA5

White#FFFFFF

#F3FB4B#F3FB4B

Color Harmonies

#A9A5FD#A9A5FD

#FDD6A5#FDD6A5

#CDFDA5#CDFDA5

#A5F9FD#A5F9FD

#FDA5F9#FDA5F9

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#F3FB4B#F3FB4B

#FAFFA3#FAFFA3

#F0F3AF#F0F3AF

White#FFFFFF

#FCFFCC#FCFFCC

Nearest Named Colors

Butter#FFF1A8

Pastel Yellow#FDFD96

Soft Yellow#FFF8B8

Pale Goldenrod#EEE8AA

Vanilla#F3E5AB

#F9FDA5

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #F9FDA5

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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