Information about Lemon Meringue color

#F6EABE - Lemon Meringue color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#F6EABE, known as "Lemon Meringue", falls into the Yellow Color Family — High Saturation, Luminous brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(246, 234, 190) — 96.5% red, 91.8% green, 74.5% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 5 / 22 / 4. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#F6EABE presents itself as a energetic, saturated golden yellow — one that glows at the very top of the lightness scale. In practice it works well for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Retro Pastel Yellow (#F2E8BF). Nearby in the Register you will also find Milk Punch (#F3E5C0) and Half Colonial White (#F2E5BF).

In RGB terms — rgb(246, 234, 190) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 17.4:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.2:1. This precise shade carries the officially registered name "Lemon Meringue" in the Register.

Lemon Meringue color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

Lemon Meringue color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

Lemon Meringue color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

Lemon Meringue color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

Lemon Meringue color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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Lemon Meringue color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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Lemon Meringue

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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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Lemon Meringue

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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to Lemon Meringue

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.

Retro Pastel Yellow color link
Retro Pastel Yellow

#F2E8BF

Milk Punch color link
Milk Punch

#F3E5C0

Half Colonial White color link
Half Colonial White

#F2E5BF

Blond color link
Blond

#FAF0BE

Pipi color link
Pipi

#F5E6C4

Half Vienna color link
Half Vienna

#F3E5C3

Blondee color link
Blondee

#F4E3BB

Lemonchiffon color link
Lemonchiffon

#EEE9BF

Half Popcorn color link
Half Popcorn

#F3E3C1

Rising Star color link
Rising Star

#F7E5B7

Oasis color link
Oasis

#FCEDC5

Egg Sour color link
Egg Sour

#F9E4C5

Lemon Meringue color backgrounds & wallpapers

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#F6EABE - Lemon Meringue color image Lemon Meringue color solid HD wallpaper 1170x2532 (Mobile)

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#F6EABE
  • RGB246, 234, 190
  • CMYK0, 5, 22, 4
  • CSSrgb(246, 234, 190)
  • HSL47°, 76%, 85%
  • HSL Precise47.143°, 75.676%, 85.49%
  • HSV47°, 23%, 96%
  • HSB47°, 23%, 96%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.965
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.918
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.745
  • GLSLvec3(0.965, 0.918, 0.745)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.965, 0.918, 0.745, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.965, 0.918, 0.745)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB96.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB91.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB74.5%
  • Color Family (Hue)Yellow
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLuminous
  • HEX IDF6EABE
  • DECIMAL ID16181950
  • Name Length14
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  • Counting from2025-01-01

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