#f6edce

Color #f6edce

A moderately saturated very light yellow.

Closest named color Papaya Whip #ffefd5 · ΔE 3.85 Nearest Tailwind class amber-100 #fef3c6 · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#f6edce

RGB

rgb(246, 237, 206)

HSL

hsl(46.5, 69%, 88.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(46.5, 16.3%, 96.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 16.3%, 3.5%)

LAB

lab(93.72, -1.96, 16.12)

LCH

lch(93.72, 16.24, 96.93)

OKLCH

oklch(94.5%, 0.0418, 93.7)

HWB

hwb(46.5, 80.8%, 3.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ced7f6

Analogous

#f6d9ce

#f6edce

#ebf6ce

Triadic

#f6edce

#cef6ed

#edcef6

Split-complementary

#f6edce

#ceebf6

#d9cef6

Tetradic

#f6edce

#d7f6ce

#ced7f6

#edcef6

Square

#f6edce

#cef6d9

#ced7f6

#f6ceeb

Shades

Color #f6edce mixed toward black.

#ead68e

#dfbe4f

#bf9c23

#7f6817

#40340c

Tints

Color #f6edce mixed toward white.

#f7f0d6

#f9f3de

#faf6e6

#fcf9ef

#fdfcf7

Tones

Color #f6edce mixed toward gray.

#f3ebd1

#efe9d5

#ece7d8

#e9e6db

#e5e4df

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

17.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (17.92:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#f2f2d6 · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#f3f3d8 · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#f6dcdd · ΔE 18.4

Achromatopsia

#ededed · ΔE 12

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Code

CSS

background-color: #f6edce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#f6edce]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Gold #ffd700

Floral White #fffaf0

Old Lace #fdf5e6

Frequently asked questions

#f6edce (#f6edce) is rgb(246, 237, 206) in RGB.

No, #f6edce 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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