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#F6FCBF — Pale Vivid Yellow

#F6FCBF 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 #F6FCBF 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.

#F6FCBF 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 #C6C0FC; it also sits naturally between #FCE4C0 and #D8FCC0. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#F6FCBF · RGB 246, 252, 191

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Color values

HEX#F6FCBF
RGB246, 252, 191
HSL66°, 91%, 87%
HSV66°, 24%, 99%
CMYK2%, 0%, 24%, 1%
XYZ82.22, 92.98, 62.90
Yxy92.98, 0.3453, 0.3905
CIE-Lab97.22, -11.59, 28.63
Hunter Lab96.42, -11.57, 24.48

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 96% · Green 99% · Blue 75%

Cyan 2% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 24% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #F6FCBF on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #F6FCBF on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #F6FCBF

.text { color: #F6FCBF; }
.background { background-color: #F6FCBF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #F6FCBF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(246, 252, 191); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(66, 91%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #F6FCBF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(246, 252, 191, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #F6FCBF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(246, 252, 191, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#F6FCBF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#F6FCBF">Div content here</div>

Shades of #F6FCBF

#F0FA99#EAF86D#E5F646#DFF41F#CBE00B#A3B408#808D07#5D6605#353A03#121301

Tints of #F6FCBF

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

Tones of #F6FCBF

#F3F8C4#EFF3C8#ECEFCD#E8EBD1#E5E6D5#E1E2DA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C6C0FC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.07:1 Fails
Against black text19.60:1 AAA

Best text color on #F6FCBF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #F6FCBF

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 #F6FCBF: ·

How #F6FCBF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F9F9CEDeuteranopia · #F8F8D1Tritanopia · #F6D9DC

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 Grey 500 · #9E9E9EMaterial Yellow 500 · #FFEB3B

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #F6FCBF rather than the exact color:

Palette Ff8080
#FF8080 · #FFCF96 · #F6FDC3 · #CDFAD5
Palette Cdfadb
#CDFADB · #F6FDC3 · #FFCF96 · #FF8080
Palette Ccf6c8
#CCF6C8 · #FAFCC2 · #F6D6AD · #F9C0C0
Palette 5d8736
#5D8736 · #809D3C · #A9C46C · #F4FFC3
Palette F7ffba
#F7FFBA · #F7E39C · #EBAF81 · #DA8067
Palette 8e3e63
#8E3E63 · #D2649A · #F6FAB9 · #CAE6B2

Similar colors

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

#F6FDC3#FAFCC2#F4FFC3#F7FFBA#F6FAB9#FCF9BE#FCFFC1#FAFFC4#F6F7C4#F7F6BB#F0FFC2#FDFDBD

Browse neighbouring colors

← #F6FCBE  ·  #F6FCC0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #F6FCBF?

#F6FCBF is Pale Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 246, 252, 191). Its closest standard named color is LemonChiffon.

What is the RGB and HSL of #F6FCBF?

#F6FCBF is RGB 246, 252, 191 — HSL 66°, 91%, 87% — CMYK 2%, 0%, 24%, 1%.

What colors go with #F6FCBF?

Its complement is #C6C0FC; analogous partners are #FCE4C0 and #D8FCC0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #F6FCBF for text?

Black text on #F6FCBF has a contrast ratio of 19.60:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.07:1.