#f6ea9f

Color #f6ea9f

A vivid, highly saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa · ΔE 7.06 Nearest Tailwind class amber-200 #fee685 · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#f6ea9f

RGB

rgb(246, 234, 159)

HSL

hsl(51.7, 82.9%, 79.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(51.7, 35.4%, 96.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 35.4%, 3.5%)

LAB

lab(92.11, -6.65, 37.93)

LCH

lch(92.11, 38.51, 99.94)

OKLCH

oklch(93%, 0.0953, 100.21)

HWB

hwb(51.7, 62.4%, 3.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9fabf6

Analogous

#f6be9f

#f6ea9f

#d7f69f

Triadic

#f6ea9f

#9ff6ea

#ea9ff6

Split-complementary

#f6ea9f

#9fd7f6

#be9ff6

Tetradic

#f6ea9f

#abf69f

#9fabf6

#ea9ff6

Square

#f6ea9f

#9ff6be

#9fabf6

#f69fd7

Shades

Color #f6ea9f mixed toward black.

#f0dc61

#eacf23

#b9a211

#7b6c0c

#3e3606

Tints

Color #f6ea9f mixed toward white.

#f8edaf

#f9f1bf

#fbf4cf

#fcf8df

#fefbef

Tones

Color #f6ea9f mixed toward gray.

#efe5a6

#e8dfad

#e0dab5

#d9d5bc

#d2d0c3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

17.19:1

Black text reads better on this background (17.19:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#f1f1b5 · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#f2f2ba · ΔE 5.4

Tritanopia

#f5c4c7 · ΔE 31.2

Achromatopsia

#e8e8e8 · ΔE 20.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #f6ea9f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#f6ea9f]

Related colors

Gold #ffd700

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Frequently asked questions

#f6ea9f (#f6ea9f) is rgb(246, 234, 159) in RGB.

No, #f6ea9f 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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