HEX atlas value

#F6F6D5

#F6F6D5 is a warm yellow HEX color nearest Light Goldenrod Yellow. RGB 246, 246, 213, HSL 60° 65% 90%, luminance 0.9031; view contrast and conversions.

yellow warm light

#F6F6D5 Sample readable text

HEX #F6F6D5

RGB rgb(246, 246, 213)

HSL hsl(60 65% 90%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 0, 13, 4)

Luminance 0.9031

Contrast Black 19.06:1White 1.1:1

CSS

--color-f6f6d5: #F6F6D5;
.background-f6f6d5 { background-color: #F6F6D5; }
.text-f6f6d5 { color: #F6F6D5; }

HEX meaning and use

About #F6F6D5

#F6F6D5 is classified as a warm yellow value with light visual character. #F6F6D5 is visually closest to Light Goldenrod Yellow, a named yellow color with HEX #FAFAD2.

The RGB channels are 246, 246, and 213, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 60deg with 65% saturation and 90% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and light surfaces. Its luminance is 0.9031, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 6.40, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text19.06:1AA Pass

White text1.1:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #F6F6D5 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000019.06:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.1:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 #FCFCCF#FCFCCF · #000000 text · best 19.96:1 Cornsilk#FFF8DC · #000000 text · best 19.71:1 Light Goldenrod Yellow#FAFAD2 · #000000 text · best 19.67:1 Beige#F5F5DC · #000000 text · best 18.98:1

Generated Palette

#F6F6D5#F6F6D5

#D5D5F6#D5D5F6

#F6E6D5#F6E6D5

#E6F6D5#E6F6D5

White#FFFFFF

#E6E689#E6E689

Color Harmonies

#D5D5F6#D5D5F6

#F6E6D5#F6E6D5

#E6F6D5#E6F6D5

#D5F6F6#D5F6F6

#F6D5F6#F6D5F6

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#E6E689#E6E689

#FCFCCF#FCFCCF

#F0F0DB#F0F0DB

White#FFFFFF

#FFFFF5#FFFFF5

Nearest Named Colors

Light Goldenrod Yellow#FAFAD2

Beige#F5F5DC

Papaya Whip#FFEFD5

Cornsilk#FFF8DC

Antique White#FAEBD7

Luminance0.9031

Black text19.06:1AA Pass

White text1.1:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#F6F6D5","rgb":[246,246,213],"hsl":[60,65,90],"cmyk":[0,0,13,4],"luminance":0.9031,"contrast":{"black":19.06,"white":1.1}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":19.06,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.1,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"White","hex":"#FFFFFF","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":21,"contrastWhite":1,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#FCFCCF","hex":"#FCFCCF","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.96,"contrastWhite":1.05,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Cornsilk","hex":"#FFF8DC","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.71,"contrastWhite":1.07,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Light Goldenrod Yellow","hex":"#FAFAD2","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.67,"contrastWhite":1.07,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Beige","hex":"#F5F5DC","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.98,"contrastWhite":1.11,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","light","light yellow","Light Goldenrod Yellow adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","light surfaces","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/f6f6d5.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/light-goldenrod-yellow.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/beige.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/papaya-whip.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#D5D5F6","analogous":["#F6E6D5","#E6F6D5"],"triadic":["#D5F6F6","#F6D5F6"],"tetradic":["#D5F6E6","#D5D5F6","#F6D5E6"],"splitComplementary":["#D5E5F6","#E5D5F6"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#F6F6D5","#E6E689"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#E6E689","saturated":"#FCFCCF","desaturated":"#F0F0DB","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFFFF5"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"light-goldenrod-yellow","name":"Light Goldenrod Yellow","hex":"#FAFAD2","distance":6.4031242374328485},{"slug":"beige","name":"Beige","hex":"#F5F5DC","distance":7.14142842854285},{"slug":"papaya-whip","name":"Papaya Whip","hex":"#FFEFD5","distance":11.40175425099138},{"slug":"cornsilk","name":"Cornsilk","hex":"#FFF8DC","distance":11.575836902790225},{"slug":"antique-white","name":"Antique White","hex":"#FAEBD7","distance":11.874342087037917}]

#F6F6D5

CSS

About #F6F6D5

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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