#F3E599#F3E599

#F3E599 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.097 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F3E599
RGB	rgb(243, 229, 153)
HSL	hsl(51, 79%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(51, 37%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 37%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.50, -5.96, 38.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.50, 39.26, 98.74°)
OKLab	oklab(91.61% -0.0152 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(91.61% 0.097 99)
XYZ	xyz(70.7324, 77.3952, 41.3436)
Luminance	0.7739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F3E599 #99A7F3

analogous

#F3B899 #F3E599 #D4F399

triadic

#F3E599 #99F3E5 #E599F3

tetradic

#F3E599 #99F3B8 #99A7F3 #F399D4

square

#F3E599 #99F3B8 #99A7F3 #F399D4

split-complementary

#F3E599 #99D4F3 #B899F3

monochromatic

#E6C92B #EDD762 #F3E599 #F9F3D0 #FCF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F3E599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.48

#F3E599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F3E599

16.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F3E599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F3E599	1.00	1.27	16.48	16.48
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E193

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E69C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f3e599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(243, 229, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.097 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8edb8',
    500: '#f3e599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f3e599;
$custom-light: #f8edb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f3e599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 243,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.667,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91607,
    "c": 0.09678,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.77393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F3E599

secondary

#5F71D1

accent

#2BDB0A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F3E599

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

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