Palettes / Colors / #FFE6AA

#FFE6AA — Pale Vivid Yellow

#FFE6AA is a yellow color we call Pale Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color NavajoWhite (#FFDEAD). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: navajowhite (#FFDEAD) — not an exact match. CSS navajowhite gives you #FFDEAD, a different color; use #FFE6AA 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.

#FFE6AA 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 #A8C2FF; it also sits naturally between #FFBAA8 and #EEFFA8. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 90% · Blue 67%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 10% · Yellow 33% · Key 0%

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

Previews

CSS code for #FFE6AA

.text { color: #FFE6AA; }
.background { background-color: #FFE6AA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FFE6AA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(255, 230, 170); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(42, 100%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FFE6AA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(255, 230, 170, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FFE6AA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(255, 230, 170, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FFE6AA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FFE6AA">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #A8C2FF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #FFE6AA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FFE6AA

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:

How #FFE6AA looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FFE6AA rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #FFE6AA?

#FFE6AA is Pale Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 255, 230, 170). Its closest standard named color is NavajoWhite.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FFE6AA?

#FFE6AA is RGB 255, 230, 170 — HSL 42°, 100%, 83% — CMYK 0%, 10%, 33%, 0%.

What colors go with #FFE6AA?

Its complement is #A8C2FF; analogous partners are #FFBAA8 and #EEFFA8. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FFE6AA for text?

Black text on #FFE6AA has a contrast ratio of 17.15:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.22:1.