#F3E161#F3E161

#F3E161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.148 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#F3E161
RGBrgb(243, 225, 97)
HSLhsl(53, 86%, 67%)
HSVhsv(53, 60%, 95%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 7.4%, 60.1%, 4.7%)
CIE-LABlab(88.81, -8.91, 63.24)
CIE-LCHlch(88.81, 63.86, 98.02°)
OKLaboklab(90.05% -0.0291 0.1451)
OKLCHoklch(90.05% 0.148 101.3)
XYZxyz(66.0475, 73.7708, 22.0671)
Luminance0.7377 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#F3E161 #6173F3
analogous
#F39861 #F3E161 #BCF361
triadic
#F3E161 #61F3E1 #E161F3
tetradic
#F3E161 #61F398 #6173F3 #F361BC
square
#F3E161 #61F398 #6173F3 #F361BC
split-complementary
#F3E161 #61BCF3 #9861F3
monochromatic
#CAB30F #EFD628 #F3E161 #F7EC9A #FCF7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33
#F3E161 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.75
#F3E161 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F3E161
15.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##F3E161#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##F3E1611.001.3315.7515.75
#FFFFFF1.331.0021.0021.00
#00000015.7521.001.001.00
##00000015.7521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F4DB53
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F9E268
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFD3C5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #f3e161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(243, 225, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.148 101.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faea93',
    500: '#f3e161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #f3e161;
$custom-light: #faea93;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#f3e161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 243,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.603,
    "s": 85.882,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90052,
    "c": 0.14803,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#F3E161
secondary
#3144C7
accent
#1FE203
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#18160D
muted
#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F3E161

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#F3E161 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva