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Wax Poetic

#F0E6CD

Contrast at a glance

White text

1.24:1Fails

Black text

15.94:1AAA

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About Wax Poetic

Wax Poetic (#F0E6CD) is a light muted orange. Its RGB value is 240, 230, 205 and its HSL value is 43°, 54%, 87%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 15.94:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Wax Poetic, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

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Complementary

#F0E6CD · #CDD7F0

Analogous

#F0D5CD · #F0E6CD · #E8F0CD

Triadic

#F0E6CD · #CDF0E6 · #E6CDF0

Split complementary

#F0E6CD · #CDE8F0 · #D5CDF0

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