#F4C9B1Bellini (#F4C9B1) is a very light, muted orange with an OKLCH hue of 51°, lightness 0.87 and chroma 0.059. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a background color — quiet over large surfaces.
| HEX | #F4C9B1 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(244, 201, 177) |
| HSL | hsl(21, 75%, 83%) |
| HSV | hsv(21, 27%, 96%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 18%, 27%, 4%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(84.1 11.8 17.7) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.867 0.059 51) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Bellini shifts subtly: gains intensity; in north-facing or shaded light it shifts subtly: leans toward pink. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.8), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#fac3a5 — ΔE 1.8, shifts subtly: gains intensity#fbc9ad — ΔE 1.1, shifts only faintly, with no single dominant change#f4c9b1 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#f4cab4 — ΔE 0.4, shifts subtly: leans toward pinkTest Bellini in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 1.52:1 and against black 13.84:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#ffeee5 · #f4c9b1 · #be9984 · #957562 · #6e5242 · #493224
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#f4c9b1 · #eab0a1 · #d59c9c · #be8a97 · #a57990 · #8b6a87
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#f4c9b1 · #b7b59a · #b58971 · #7f7842 · #75503b · #434026
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#f4c9b1 · #7eb9d7 · #9a8b82 · #826758 · #60493c · #3d2e26
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#f4c9b1 · #b0b8bc · #877d78 · #484e50 · #261d17 · #000102
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#f4c9b1 · #b6a094 · #644b3d · #482f21 · #260d01 · #f18641
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#f4c9b1 · #a9b9c2 · #59869d · #14546e · #002332 · #0f0200
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#f4c9b1 · #a9b9c2 · #528b8e · #354c75 · #002527 · #000007
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#f4c9b1 · #a9bbb4 · #5a8b7b · #4d4572 · #20183b · #000402
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#f4c9b1 · #afbaad · #6c8967 · #14546e · #2c1331 · #00050c
#F6D0BB · #F8D7C4 · #FADECE · #FCE5D8 · #FDEBE2
#C9A38E · #A07E6C · #785C4B · #533B2D · #301D12
#EDCBB8 · #E6CEC0 · #DFD0C7
Its high lightness and low chroma make it a natural background or large-surface color. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.