#F3E16F#F3E16F
#F3E16F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.136 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #F3E16F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(243, 225, 111) |
| HSL | hsl(52, 85%, 69%) |
| HSV | hsv(52, 54%, 95%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 54.3%, 4.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(88.95, -7.91, 57.16) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(88.95, 57.71, 97.88°) |
| OKLab | oklab(90.2% -0.0247 0.1338) |
| OKLCH | oklch(90.2% 0.136 100.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(66.7589, 74.0553, 25.8134) |
| Luminance | 0.7405 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 2.15
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 2.57
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 2.76
Sandy Yellow
#FDEE73
ΔE00 2.94
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.12
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 3.48
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#F3E16F #6F81F3
analogous
#F39F6F #F3E16F #C3F36F
triadic
#F3E16F #6FF3E1 #E16FF3
tetradic
#F3E16F #6FF39F #6F81F3 #F36FC3
square
#F3E16F #6FF39F #6F81F3 #F36FC3
split-complementary
#F3E16F #6FC3F3 #9F6FF3
monochromatic
#D6BB12 #EED537 #F3E16F #F8EDA7 #FCF9E0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.33
#F3E16F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.81
#F3E16F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #F3E16F
15.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##F3E16F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##F3E16F | 1.00 | 1.33 | 15.81 | 15.81 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.33 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.81 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.81 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F3DB64
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F8E374
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFD3C7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DFDFDF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #f3e16f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(243, 225, 111); /* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.136 100.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#faea9b',
500: '#f3e16f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #f3e16f; $custom-light: #faea9b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#f3e16f",
"rgb": {
"r": 243,
"g": 225,
"b": 111
},
"hsl": {
"h": 51.818,
"s": 84.615,
"l": 69.412
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.90202,
"c": 0.13601,
"h": 100.5
},
"luminance": 0.74053
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#F3E16F
secondary
#3A4ECC
accent
#23E104
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF5
border
#D7D5CF
text
#18160E
muted
#86847F