Pantone® Color of the Year 2009

Mimosa

Pantone® 14-0848 TCX Mimosa was named Pantone Color of the Year for 2009. Below: HEX, RGB, HSL and CMYK values, text contrast, palettes built on the color and the closest Pantone® C codes.

Note: Pantone® does not publish HEX values for its colors openly. The values here are screen approximations from community sources, not official Pantone® values. Pantone® is a trademark of Pantone LLC; this site is not affiliated with Pantone.

Pantone® 14-0848 Mimosa color swatch, approximately #F0C05A

Pantone® 14-0848 TCX

HEX#F0C05A
RGBrgb(240, 192, 90)
HSLhsl(41, 83%, 65%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 20%, 62%, 6%)

#F0C05A is a screen approximation that two independent open sources agree on — not an official Pantone® value.

Text contrast (WCAG 2)

White text on Mimosa

1.69:1

AA normal: Fail · AA large: Fail · AAA normal: Fail

Black text on Mimosa

12.39:1

AA normal: Pass · AA large: Pass · AAA normal: Pass

Color palettes based on Mimosa

Complementary — Opposite colors on the color wheel

#F0C05A
#5C8BF0

Analogous — Colors adjacent on the color wheel

#F05C8B
#F0775C
#F0C05A
#D5F05C
#8BF05C

Split Complementary — Base color + two adjacent to its complement

#F0C05A
#5CD5F0
#775CF0

Triadic — Three colors evenly spaced on the color wheel

#F0C05A
#5CF0C1
#C15CF0

Monochromatic — Variations of lightness from the same hue

#2F2104
#8C640D
#E9A616
#F2CA73
#FBEDD0

Closest Pantone® C colors

TCX is Pantone's textile system; these are the nearest print (C) codes from our library by Delta E (CIEDE2000). Lower is closer.

CSS

:root {
  --pantone-coy-2009-mimosa: #F0C05A;
}

.element {
  background-color: var(--pantone-coy-2009-mimosa);
}