Light Khaki #E6F2A2

About this color

#E6F2A2 is a very light, moderately saturated yellow. In OKLCH its lightness is 93%, its chroma 0.102 and its hue 115°. Its hue sits between the warm and cool halves of the wheel. It is the named color Light Khaki. Black text reads best on it, at 17.58:1.

Colors that go with Light Khaki

Matches found by rotating Light Khaki around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Light Khaki

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Light Khaki, closest first.

• Onyx and Brass
• Fern Path
• Gravestone and Bat
• Pomelo and Mandarin
• Lemonade Heatwave
• Lemon Peel
• Ultraviolet Afterhours
• Dune Heat

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Light Khaki, with their ΔE distance.

• Pale Goldenrod #EEE8AA ΔE 0.032
• Khaki #F0E68C ΔE 0.032
• Dark Cream #FFF39A ΔE 0.034
• Light Tan #FBEEAC ΔE 0.034
• Buff #FEF69E ΔE 0.035
• Very Pale Green #CFFDBC ΔE 0.039
• Very Light Green #D1FFBD ΔE 0.041
• Light Light Green #C8FFB0 ΔE 0.044

More about Light Khaki

• Shades of green
• What green means

How to make Light Khaki

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 4 parts white
• 1 part yellow
• 1 part gray

Recipe result: #EAECAD, a difference of ΔE 0.024 from Light Khaki. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make green? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Light Khaki in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Light Khaki

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 100.

1. Step 50

   50

   #F5F7EA

   oklch(97.1% 0.017 113.8)

2. Step 100

   100 (this color)

   #E6F2A2

   oklch(93.4% 0.102 115.4)

3. Step 200

   200

   #D7E0A8

   oklch(88.6% 0.074 115.4)

4. Step 300

   300

   #BDCB61

   oklch(80.9% 0.132 115.7)

5. Step 400

   400

   #9EAB00

   oklch(70.7% 0.16 115.1)

6. Step 500

   500

   #879300

   oklch(63.2% 0.144 115.4)

7. Step 600

   600

   #717B00

   oklch(55.5% 0.126 115.3)

8. Step 700

   700

   #5F6700

   oklch(49% 0.111 115)

9. Step 800

   800

   #4D5500

   oklch(42.8% 0.098 115.9)

10. Step 900

    900

    #404600

    oklch(37.6% 0.085 115.2)

11. Step 950

    950

    #262A00

    oklch(27.2% 0.062 115.2)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Light Khaki with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.