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#F9E3AA

#f9e3aa ≈ Vanilla

  • yellow
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#f9e3aa is a color from the yellow family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 97.65% red, 89.02% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.84% magenta, 31.73% yellow and 2.35% black. Its hue angle is 43.29°, with 86.81% saturation and 82.16% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 16.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vanilla (#f3e5ab), ΔE 2.59.

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Web safe#ffcc99
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Relative luminance0.7798

Complementary

  1. #f9e3aa
  2. #aac0f9

Split complementary

  1. #f9e3aa
  2. #aae8f9
  3. #bcaaf9

Analogous

  1. #f9bcaa
  2. #f9e3aa
  3. #e8f9aa

Triadic

  1. #f9e3aa
  2. #aaf9e3
  3. #e3aaf9

Tetradic

  1. #f9e3aa
  2. #c0f9aa
  3. #aac0f9
  4. #e3aaf9

Square

  1. #f9e3aa
  2. #aaf9bc
  3. #aac0f9
  4. #f9aae8

Monochromatic

  1. #efb41b
  2. #f4cb63
  3. #f9e3aa
  4. #fef9ec
  5. #fef9ec

Shades

#f9e3aa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f9e3aa
  2. #e0cc99
  3. #c7b688
  4. #ae9f77
  5. #958866
  6. #7d7255
  7. #645b44
  8. #4b4433
  9. #322d22
  10. #191711
  11. #000000

Tints

#f9e3aa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f9e3aa
  2. #fae6b3
  3. #fae9bb
  4. #fbebc4
  5. #fbeecc
  6. #fcf1d5
  7. #fdf4dd
  8. #fdf7e6
  9. #fef9ee
  10. #fefcf7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f9e3aa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f9e3aa
  2. #edd9a6
  3. #e1cfa2
  4. #d5c59d
  5. #c9bb99
  6. #bdb295
  7. #b0a891
  8. #a49e8d
  9. #989488
  10. #8c8a84
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e5e5e5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ede4d0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f0e1a6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f6e7ac ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffdad4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f4e2a8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f7e6ab ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffdec5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f9e3aa {
  color: #f9e3aa;
}
Background
.bg-f9e3aa {
  background-color: #f9e3aa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f9e3aa {
  border: 2px solid #f9e3aa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f9e3aa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 249 227 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 87% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f9e3aa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f9e3aa, #e8f9aa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f9e3aa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(249 227 170 / 0.35);
}

#f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 2.59 #ffe5b4 Peach ΔE 2.71 #ffe4b5 Moccasin ΔE 3.38 #f5deb3 Wheat ΔE 3.68 #ffdead Navajo White ΔE 4.58 #faf0be Blond ΔE 4.62 #eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 5.22 #061c55 Inverted #e5e5e5 Grayscale 

Vanilla
#f9e3aa  rgb(249, 227, 170)  hsl(43, 87%, 82%)  Vanilla
#aac0f9  rgb(170, 192, 249)  hsl(223, 87%, 82%)  Light Steel Blue
#aaf9e3  rgb(170, 249, 227)  hsl(163, 87%, 82%)  Magic Mint
#e3aaf9  rgb(227, 170, 249)  hsl(283, 87%, 82%)  Mauve