#F3E596#F3E596

#F3E596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.100 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F3E596
RGB	rgb(243, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(51, 79%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(51, 38%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 38.3%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.46, -6.29, 40.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.46, 40.73, 98.89°)
OKLab	oklab(91.56% -0.0164 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(91.56% 0.1 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(70.4878, 77.2973, 40.0551)
Luminance	0.7730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F3E596 #96A4F3

analogous

#F3B796 #F3E596 #D2F396

triadic

#F3E596 #96F3E5 #E596F3

tetradic

#F3E596 #96F3B7 #96A4F3 #F396D2

square

#F3E596 #96F3B7 #96A4F3 #F396D2

split-complementary

#F3E596 #96D2F3 #B796F3

monochromatic

#E6CA28 #EDD75F #F3E596 #F9F3CD #FCF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F3E596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.46

#F3E596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F3E596

16.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F3E596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F3E596	1.00	1.28	16.46	16.46
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f3e596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(243, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.100 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8edb6',
    500: '#f3e596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f3e596;
$custom-light: #f8edb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f3e596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 243,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.968,
    "s": 79.487,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91557,
    "c": 0.10014,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F3E596

secondary

#5D6ED1

accent

#29DC0A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F3E596

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

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