#F9ECAE Hex Color
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#f9ecae is a soft pastel yellow with a warm, creamy undertone. It works best as a gentle background shade for spring themes, baby products, and calm UI panels. Next to pure white it can look slightly washed out, so give it a muted olive or warm taupe partner to keep it from reading flat. Avoid large display type in this shade; it turns muddy fast. Black text on it passes WCAG AA with room to spare, so it stays readable at small sizes too.
Questions about #f9ecae
What is #f9ecae in RGB, HSL and CMYK?
In RGB, #f9ecae is rgb(249, 236, 174), in HSL hsl(50, 86%, 83%) and in CMYK 0%, 5%, 30%, 2%.
Is #f9ecae readable on white or black?
#f9ecae has a 1.19:1 contrast ratio on white and 17.63:1 on black. WCAG asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, so on white it is too faint for text and on black it works for body text. Try other pairs in the contrast checker.