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#F6E8A6

#f6e8a6 ≈ Vanilla

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#f6e8a6 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 96.47% red, 90.98% green and 65.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.69% magenta, 32.52% yellow and 3.53% black. Its hue angle is 49.5°, with 81.63% saturation and 80.78% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 17.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vanilla (#f3e5ab), ΔE 1.74.

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Web safe#ffff99
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Relative luminance0.8006

Complementary

  1. #f6e8a6
  2. #a6b4f6

Split complementary

  1. #f6e8a6
  2. #a6dcf6
  3. #c0a6f6

Analogous

  1. #f6c0a6
  2. #f6e8a6
  3. #dcf6a6

Triadic

  1. #f6e8a6
  2. #a6f6e8
  3. #e8a6f6

Tetradic

  1. #f6e8a6
  2. #b4f6a6
  3. #a6b4f6
  4. #e8a6f6

Square

  1. #f6e8a6
  2. #a6f6c0
  3. #a6b4f6
  4. #f6a6dc

Monochromatic

  1. #e8c41b
  2. #efd661
  3. #f6e8a6
  4. #fdfaeb
  5. #fdfaec

Shades

#f6e8a6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f6e8a6
  2. #ddd195
  3. #c5ba85
  4. #aca274
  5. #948b64
  6. #7b7453
  7. #625d42
  8. #4a4632
  9. #312e21
  10. #191711
  11. #000000

Tints

#f6e8a6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f6e8a6
  2. #f7eaaf
  3. #f8edb8
  4. #f9efc1
  5. #faf1ca
  6. #fbf4d3
  7. #fbf6db
  8. #fcf8e4
  9. #fdfaed
  10. #fefdf6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f6e8a6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f6e8a6
  2. #eadea2
  3. #ded39e
  4. #d3c99b
  5. #c7be97
  6. #bbb493
  7. #afaa8f
  8. #a39f8b
  9. #989588
  10. #8c8a84
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e7e7e7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ede8d0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f5e4a1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f9eaa8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffdfd7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f5e6a3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f8e9a7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fde2c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f6e8a6 {
  color: #f6e8a6;
}
Background
.bg-f6e8a6 {
  background-color: #f6e8a6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f6e8a6 {
  border: 2px solid #f6e8a6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f6e8a6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 246 232 166;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 82% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f6e8a6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f6e8a6, #dcf6a6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f6e8a6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(246 232 166 / 0.35);
}

#f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 1.74 #eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 2.49 #faf0be Blond ΔE 4.00 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 4.53 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 5.17 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 5.23 #ffe5b4 Peach ΔE 5.93 #091759 Inverted #e7e7e7 Grayscale 

Vanilla
#f6e8a6  rgb(246, 232, 166)  hsl(50, 82%, 81%)  Vanilla
#a6b4f6  rgb(166, 180, 246)  hsl(230, 82%, 81%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#a6f6e8  rgb(166, 246, 232)  hsl(170, 82%, 81%)  Celeste
#e8a6f6  rgb(232, 166, 246)  hsl(290, 82%, 81%)  Mauve