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#F6FCBC — Pale Vivid Yellow

#F6FCBC is a yellow color we call Pale Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color LemonChiffon (#FFFACD). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lemonchiffon (#FFFACD) — not an exact match. CSS lemonchiffon gives you #FFFACD, a different color; use #F6FCBC when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#F6FCBC is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #C1BBFC; it also sits naturally between #FCE2BB and #D5FCBB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#F6FCBC · RGB 246, 252, 188

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Color values

HEX#F6FCBC
RGB246, 252, 188
HSL66°, 91%, 86%
HSV66°, 25%, 99%
CMYK2%, 0%, 25%, 1%
XYZ81.89, 92.84, 61.18
Yxy92.84, 0.3471, 0.3935
CIE-Lab97.16, -12.00, 30.07
Hunter Lab96.36, -11.95, 25.50

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 96% · Green 99% · Blue 74%

Cyan 2% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 25% · Key 1%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #F6FCBC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #F6FCBC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #F6FCBC

.text { color: #F6FCBC; }
.background { background-color: #F6FCBC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #F6FCBC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(246, 252, 188); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(66, 91%, 86%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #F6FCBC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(246, 252, 188, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #F6FCBC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(246, 252, 188, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#F6FCBC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#F6FCBC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #F6FCBC

#F0FA94#EAF86D#E4F641#DEF41A#C6DB0A#A3B408#808D07#586105#353A03#121301

Tints of #F6FCBC

#F6FCC0#F7FCC5#F7FCC9#F8FDCE#F9FDD3#F9FDD8#FAFDDD#FBFEE2#FCFEE7#FCFEEC

Tones of #F6FCBC

#F2F7BF#EEF3C4#EAEEC9#E6E9CD#E3E5D2#DFE0D7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C1BBFC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.07:1 Fails
Against black text19.57:1 AAA

Best text color on #F6FCBC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #F6FCBC

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #F6FCBC: ·

How #F6FCBC looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #F9F9CBDeuteranopia · #F8F8CFTritanopia · #F6D8DA

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Bootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Yellow 500 · #FFEB3BMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9E

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #F6FCBC rather than the exact color:

Palette 8e3e63
#8E3E63 · #D2649A · #F6FAB9 · #CAE6B2
Palette F7ffba
#F7FFBA · #F7E39C · #EBAF81 · #DA8067
Palette F3feb8
#F3FEB8 · #FFDE4D · #FFB22C · #FF4C4C
Palette F5d2d2
#F5D2D2 · #F8F7BA · #BDE3C3 · #A3CCDA
Palette 114232
#114232 · #87A922 · #FCDC2A · #F7F6BB
Palette 133458
#133458 · #838921 · #D99B21 · #FAF7BB

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#F6FAB9#F7FFBA#F3FEB8#F8F7BA#F7F6BB#FAF7BB#FCF9BE#F6FDC3#FDFDBD#FAFCC2#FDFFBC#F4FFC3

Browse neighbouring colors

← #F6FCBB  ·  #F6FCBD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #F6FCBC?

#F6FCBC is Pale Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 246, 252, 188). Its closest standard named color is LemonChiffon.

What is the RGB and HSL of #F6FCBC?

#F6FCBC is RGB 246, 252, 188 — HSL 66°, 91%, 86% — CMYK 2%, 0%, 25%, 1%.

What colors go with #F6FCBC?

Its complement is #C1BBFC; analogous partners are #FCE2BB and #D5FCBB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #F6FCBC for text?

Black text on #F6FCBC has a contrast ratio of 19.57:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.07:1.