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#F6EC79

#f6ec79 ≈ Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#f6ec79 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 96.47% red, 92.55% green and 47.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.07% magenta, 50.81% yellow and 3.53% black. Its hue angle is 55.2°, with 87.41% saturation and 71.96% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 17.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Khaki (#f0e68c), ΔE 3.66.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ffff66
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Relative luminance0.8096

Complementary

  1. #f6ec79
  2. #7983f6

Split complementary

  1. #f6ec79
  2. #79c1f6
  3. #ad79f6

Analogous

  1. #f6ad79
  2. #f6ec79
  3. #c1f679

Triadic

  1. #f6ec79
  2. #79f6ec
  3. #ec79f6

Tetradic

  1. #f6ec79
  2. #83f679
  3. #7983f6
  4. #ec79f6

Square

  1. #f6ec79
  2. #79f6ad
  3. #7983f6
  4. #f679c1

Monochromatic

  1. #c9ba0d
  2. #f1e231
  3. #f6ec79
  4. #fbf6c1
  5. #fefcec

Shades

#f6ec79 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f6ec79
  2. #ddd46d
  3. #c5bd61
  4. #aca555
  5. #948e49
  6. #7b763d
  7. #625e30
  8. #4a4724
  9. #312f18
  10. #19180c
  11. #000000

Tints

#f6ec79 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f6ec79
  2. #f7ee86
  3. #f8f094
  4. #f9f2a1
  5. #faf4af
  6. #fbf6bc
  7. #fbf7c9
  8. #fcf9d7
  9. #fdfbe4
  10. #fefdf2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f6ec79 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f6ec79
  2. #eae17a
  3. #ded67a
  4. #d3cc7b
  5. #c7c17c
  6. #bbb67d
  7. #afab7d
  8. #a3a07e
  9. #98967f
  10. #8c8b7f
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e8e8e8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #eeeac6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fde56e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffeb7e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffdfd2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fae873 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #fdeb7c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe4b5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f6ec79 {
  color: #f6ec79;
}
Background
.bg-f6ec79 {
  background-color: #f6ec79;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f6ec79 {
  border: 2px solid #f6ec79;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f6ec79;
  --color-primary-rgb: 246 236 121;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 87% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f6ec79 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f6ec79, #c1f679);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f6ec79 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(246 236 121 / 0.35);
}

#f0e68c Khaki ΔE 3.66 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 4.25 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 4.52 #fdfd96 Pastel Yellow ΔE 4.58 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 5.04 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 5.27 #ffff66 Laser Lemon ΔE 5.54 #091386 Inverted #e8e8e8 Grayscale 

Khaki
#f6ec79  rgb(246, 236, 121)  hsl(55, 87%, 72%)  Khaki
#7983f6  rgb(121, 131, 246)  hsl(235, 87%, 72%)  Cornflower Blue
#79f6ec  rgb(121, 246, 236)  hsl(175, 87%, 72%)  Turquoise Blue
#ec79f6  rgb(236, 121, 246)  hsl(295, 87%, 72%)  Violet