Hazy Moon #F1DCA1

Hazy Moon (#F1DCA1) is a very light, soft yellow with an OKLCH hue of 91°, lightness 0.9 and chroma 0.079. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a mid-weight working color for secondary surfaces and editorial blocks.

Color values

HEX#F1DCA1
RGBrgb(241, 220, 161)
HSLhsl(44, 74%, 79%)
HSVhsv(44, 33%, 95%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 9%, 33%, 5%)
CIE Lablab(88.2 -1.2 31.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.898 0.079 91)

How Hazy Moon behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Hazy Moon shifts subtly: leans toward orange; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.8), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Test Hazy Moon in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 1.36:1 and against black 15.49:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.

Colors that go with Hazy Moon

Tonal

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.

#fff1ca · #f1dca1 · #b3a16e · #8b7b4f · #665830 · #433713

Analogous

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.

#f1dca1 · #e7c393 · #daac89 · #ca9682 · #b6827c · #a17077

Shifted

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.

#f1dca1 · #afc4ad · #ad9d6d · #638c60 · #706137 · #394d38

Contrast

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.

#f1dca1 · #bfbaa9 · #a29779 · #495787 · #423921 · #241e0f

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#f1dca1 · #bdc0c8 · #8a867c · #4f5156 · #242116 · #010102

Bright Accent

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.

#eef2fb · #c5c9d3 · #989ca8 · #1e2331 · #02030e · #f1dca1

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#f1dca1 · #b7d4b7 · #b5887a · #336c9b · #283656 · #041013

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#f1dca1 · #bac0d0 · #638ca9 · #584676 · #00243a · #020006

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#f1dca1 · #b0c5c9 · #56919c · #694065 · #321330 · #000305

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#f1dca1 · #b1c6c1 · #599388 · #414e7c · #39101f · #000008

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#F3E0AD · #F4E4B8 · #F6E9C3 · #F7EDCF · #F9F1DA

Shades

#C6B37E · #9C8B5D · #74663D · #4F431F · #2D2203

Muted

#EDDCAF · #E9DDBC · #E4DDC8

Using Hazy Moon

Its moderate chroma lets it work in mid-size areas — upholstery, secondary UI surfaces, editorial blocks — without overwhelming neighbors. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.

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