Light yellow

#f6ffdd

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for light yellow, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

This is Light yellow, a vivid green at 76 degrees. Greens like this connect to growth and calm. It works beside earthy oranges for contrast, or with other greens for a calm monochrome.

Light yellow color values

Every conversion for #f6ffdd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f6ffdd

RGB246, 255, 221

HSL76, 100%, 93%

HSV76, 13%, 100%

CMYK4%, 0%, 13%, 0%

Lab98.56, -8.68, 15.25

XYZ86.82, 96.33, 82.43

Decimal16187357

Web safe#ffffcc

Pantone580 C

Shades of light yellow

#eaffb0 #deff84 #d3ff57 #c7ff2b #bafd00 #9ad100 #79a400 #587800 #374b00 #171f00

Tints of light yellow

#f6ffdf #f7ffe0 #f7ffe2 #f8ffe3 #f8ffe5 #f9ffe7 #f9ffe8 #f9ffea #faffec #faffed

Colors that go with light yellow

Complementary#e6ddff Analogous#fff7dd Analogous#e5ffdd Triadic#ddf6ff Triadic#ffddf6 Split complementary#dde5ff Split complementary#f7ddff

Light yellow in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 4, 0, 13, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f6ffdd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

4 0 13 0

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

8 4 16 6

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Light yellow in css

Copy #f6ffdd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f6ffdd; }
.text { color: #f6ffdd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f6ffdd; }

How light yellow looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Light yellow and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #f6ffdd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f6ffdd against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light yellow on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #f6ffdd sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around light yellow? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn light yellow into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #f6ffdd and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from light yellow, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #f6ffdd come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.