#ffe68c

Color #ffe68c

A vivid, highly saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Khaki #f0e68c · ΔE 6.27 Nearest Tailwind class amber-200 #fee685 · ΔE 1.2

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Conversions

HEX

#ffe68c

RGB

rgb(255, 230, 140)

HSL

hsl(47, 100%, 77.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(47, 45.1%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 45.1%, 0%)

LAB

lab(91.57, -3.14, 46.81)

LCH

lch(91.57, 46.92, 93.84)

OKLCH

oklch(92.6%, 0.1134, 94.35)

HWB

hwb(47, 54.9%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8ca5ff

Analogous

#ffad8c

#ffe68c

#deff8c

Triadic

#ffe68c

#8cffe6

#e68cff

Split-complementary

#ffe68c

#8cdeff

#ad8cff

Tetradic

#ffe68c

#a5ff8c

#8ca5ff

#e68cff

Square

#ffe68c

#8cffad

#8ca5ff

#ff8cde

Shades

Color #ffe68c mixed toward black.

#ffd84a

#ffca09

#c69b00

#846700

#423400

Tints

Color #ffe68c mixed toward white.

#ffea9f

#ffeeb3

#fff3c6

#fff7d9

#fffbec

Tones

Color #ffe68c mixed toward gray.

#f5e196

#ecdb9f

#e2d6a9

#d9d0b3

#cfcbbc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#f5f4a8 · ΔE 7.3

Deuteranopia

#f6f8ae · ΔE 8.4

Tritanopia

#febabe · ΔE 34.2

Achromatopsia

#e7e7e7 · ΔE 22.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ffe68c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ffe68c]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Gold #ffd700

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Floral White #fffaf0

Khaki #f0e68c

Frequently asked questions

#ffe68c (#ffe68c) is rgb(255, 230, 140) in RGB.

No, #ffe68c 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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