#F9F2CF · Buttercream

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#F9F2CF is a light, highly saturated beige color, closest to Buttercream and near Buttercream and Papaya. In OKLCH it has 96% lightness and 0.05 chroma at hue 98°. Beige suggests quiet warmth and neutrality; it is the go-to background for organic and luxury brands, which makes #F9F2CF a natural choice for backgrounds for interiors, fashion and minimal sites. It appears in 3 ColorSwoop palettes.

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HEX#F9F2CF
RGBrgb(249, 242, 207)
HSLhsl(50, 78%, 89%)
CMYK0, 3, 17, 2
CSS var--buttercream
Contrast1.13:1 white · 18.63:1 black

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How to use #F9F2CF

Black text passes WCAG AA on #F9F2CF (18.63:1); white text does not (1.13:1).

For a calm scheme pair #F9F2CF with its analogous neighbors #F9DCCD and #EAF9CD; for contrast use its complement #CDD4F9 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #1F1F24.

--buttercream: #F9F2CF;

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