#F0C19E

sRGB: 240 / 193 / 158

Cosmic tempests linger without sound
Majestic waterfalls disappear beneath stillness
Rising tides transcend the limits of dreams

#F0C19E belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 240 red, 193 green and 158 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 25.6° lands in the orange region. Its 73.2% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 78.0% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (12.83:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 240, 193, 158
HSL: 25.61°, 73.21%, 78.04%
HSV / HSB: 25.61°, 34.17%, 94.12%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 19.58%, 34.17%, 5.88%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 61.174, 59.135, 40.541
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 81.366, 12.020, 24.000
WCAG relative luminance: 0.59134
24-bit decimal: 15778206

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #F0C19E in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 12.83:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.64:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#9ECDF0 sits half a turn (180°) from #F0C19E on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#F0C19E #9ECDF0

Analogous

#F09EA4 and #F0EA9E sit 30° to either side of #F0C19E. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#F09EA4 #F0C19E #F0EA9E

Triadic

#F0C19E, #9EF0C1 and #C19EF0 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#F0C19E #9EF0C1 #C19EF0

Split complementary

Start at #F0C19E and look across the wheel. #9EF0EA and #9EA4F0 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#F0C19E #9EF0EA #9EA4F0

Square

Starting with #F0C19E, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #A4F09E, #9ECDF0, then #EA9EF0. Across the square, #F0C19E pairs with #9ECDF0, and #A4F09E with #EA9EF0.

#F0C19E #A4F09E #9ECDF0 #EA9EF0

Tetradic

#F0C19E and #9ECDF0 are opposites, as are #CDF09E and #C19EF0. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#F0C19E #CDF09E #9ECDF0 #C19EF0

Tints

Mixing #F0C19E with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F3CDB1, keeps 80% of the original. By #FCF3EC, the mixture is 80% white.

#F0C19E #F3CDB1 #F6DAC5 #F9E6D8 #FCF3EC #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #F0C19E with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C09A7E, keeps 80% of the original. By #302720, the mixture is 80% black.

#F0C19E #C09A7E #90745F #604D3F #302720 #000000

Tones

Mixing #F0C19E with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #DAB498, keeps 80% of the original. By #968D86, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#F0C19E #DAB498 #C3A792 #AD9A8C #968D86 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#F0C19E

RGB

rgb(240 193 158)

HSL

hsl(25.610 73.214% 78.039%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #F0C19E;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#F0C19E uses 240 red, 193 green and 158 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 94.1%

Green 75.7%

Blue 62.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #F0C19E is 0.0% cyan, 19.6% magenta, 34.2% yellow and 5.9% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 19.6%

Yellow 34.2%

Black 5.9%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EEBB99. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #EB9 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #F0C19E when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFCC99, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #EEBB99 Nearest web-safe: #FFCC99

Gradient to complement

#F0C19E #E2C3AC #D5C5B9 #C7C7C7 #B9C9D5 #ACCBE2 #9ECDF0

Color vision previews

Compare how #F0C19E appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#CFC49C

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#DACE9E

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#FEB8B8

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#DCC49C

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#E0CA9E

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#F2BFA8

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#CACACA

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#DEC6B6

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.87137 G 0.53328 B 0.34191

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.91199 G 0.76394 B 0.63808

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.81134 G 0.54450 B 0.36481

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.380 y 0.368 Y 59.135

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 5.882 M % 24.314 Y % 38.039

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11110000 11000001 10011110