#F3E659#F3E659

#F3E659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.764; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.159 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F3E659
RGB	rgb(243, 230, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 87%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 63.4%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.03, -11.90, 67.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.03, 68.93, 99.94°)
OKLab	oklab(91% -0.0385 0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(91% 0.159 104)
XYZ	xyz(67.0647, 76.3721, 20.6579)
Luminance	0.7637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F3E659 #5966F3

analogous

#F39959 #F3E659 #B3F359

triadic

#F3E659 #59F3E6 #E659F3

tetradic

#F3E659 #59F399 #5966F3 #F359B3

square

#F3E659 #59F399 #5966F3 #F359B3

split-complementary

#F3E659 #59B3F3 #9959F3

monochromatic

#C3B40E #EFDD20 #F3E659 #F7EF92 #FBF7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F3E659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.27

#F3E659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F3E659

16.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F3E659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F3E659	1.00	1.29	16.27	16.27
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f3e659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(243, 230, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.159 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faed8e',
    500: '#f3e659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f3e659;
$custom-light: #faed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f3e659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 243,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.935,
    "s": 86.517,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90998,
    "c": 0.15864,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.7637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F3E659

secondary

#2F3CC1

accent

#15E302

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F3E659

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

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