Cornsilk

#f9f0d3

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for cornsilk, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Cornsilk falls in the yellow band, pale and strong. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Cornsilk color values

Every conversion for #f9f0d3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f9f0d3

RGB249, 240, 211

HSL46, 76%, 90%

HSV46, 15%, 98%

CMYK0%, 4%, 15%, 2%

Lab94.81, -1.66, 15.1

XYZ81.98, 87.16, 74.13

Decimal16380115

Web safe#ffffcc

Pantone4545 C

Shades of cornsilk

#f4e3ad #efd687 #eac962 #e4bc3c #d8ac1d #b28e18 #8c7013 #67520e #413309 #1b1504

Tints of cornsilk

#f9f1d6 #faf2d9 #faf3db #fbf4de #fbf5e1 #fbf6e4 #fcf7e7 #fcf8ea #fcf9ec #fdfaef

Colors that go with cornsilk

Complementary#d3dcf9 Analogous#f9ddd3 Analogous#eff9d3 Triadic#d3f9f0 Triadic#f0d3f9 Split complementary#d3eff9 Split complementary#ddd3f9

Cornsilk in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 0, 4, 15, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f9f0d3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 4 15 2

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 8 18 8

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Cornsilk in css

Copy #f9f0d3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f9f0d3; }
.text { color: #f9f0d3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f9f0d3; }

How cornsilk looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Cornsilk and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #f9f0d3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f9f0d3 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Cornsilk on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #f9f0d3 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around cornsilk? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn cornsilk into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #f9f0d3 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from cornsilk, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #f9f0d3 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.