#F3E178#F3E178

#F3E178 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.128 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F3E178
RGB	rgb(243, 225, 120)
HSL	hsl(51, 84%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 51%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 50.6%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.05, -7.18, 53.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.05, 53.58, 97.70°)
OKLab	oklab(90.31% -0.0216 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(90.31% 0.128 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.2796, 74.2636, 28.5560)
Luminance	0.7426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F3E178 #788AF3

analogous

#F3A378 #F3E178 #C7F378

triadic

#F3E178 #78F3E1 #E178F3

tetradic

#F3E178 #78F3A3 #788AF3 #F378C7

square

#F3E178 #78F3A3 #788AF3 #F378C7

split-complementary

#F3E178 #78C7F3 #A378F3

monochromatic

#DDBF14 #EED540 #F3E178 #F8EDB0 #FDF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#F3E178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.85

#F3E178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F3E178

15.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F3E178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F3E178	1.00	1.32	15.85	15.85
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DC6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E37D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f3e178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(243, 225, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.128 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9eaa1',
    500: '#f3e178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f3e178;
$custom-light: #f9eaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f3e178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 243,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.22,
    "s": 83.673,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90311,
    "c": 0.1276,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F3E178

secondary

#4256CE

accent

#25E005

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F3E178

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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