#e6f09c

Color #e6f09c

A vivid, highly saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Khaki #f0e68c · ΔE 9.12 Nearest Tailwind class lime-200 #d8f999 · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#e6f09c

RGB

rgb(230, 240, 156)

HSL

hsl(67.1, 73.7%, 77.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67.1, 35%, 94.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 35%, 5.9%)

LAB

lab(92.37, -16.04, 39.54)

LCH

lch(92.37, 42.67, 112.08)

OKLCH

oklch(92.9%, 0.1068, 114.04)

HWB

hwb(67.1, 61.2%, 5.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a69cf0

Analogous

#f0d09c

#e6f09c

#bcf09c

Triadic

#e6f09c

#9ce6f0

#f09ce6

Split-complementary

#e6f09c

#9cbcf0

#d09cf0

Tetradic

#e6f09c

#9cf0a6

#a69cf0

#f09ce6

Square

#e6f09c

#9cf0d0

#a69cf0

#f09cbc

Shades

Color #e6f09c mixed toward black.

#d8e762

#c9df29

#9bac1a

#677311

#343909

Tints

Color #e6f09c mixed toward white.

#eaf2ac

#eef5bd

#f3f7cd

#f7fade

#fbfcee

Tones

Color #e6f09c mixed toward gray.

#e1e9a3

#dbe2aa

#d6dbb1

#d1d4b8

#cbcdbf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

17.31:1

Black text reads better on this background (17.31:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#eaeab5 · ΔE 6.3

Deuteranopia

#eae9bb · ΔE 7.9

Tritanopia

#e7c6ca · ΔE 33.6

Achromatopsia

#e9e9e9 · ΔE 22.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e6f09c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e6f09c]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

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Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#e6f09c (#e6f09c) is rgb(230, 240, 156) in RGB.

No, #e6f09c is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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