#F3E697#F3E697

#F3E697 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.100 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F3E697
RGB	rgb(243, 230, 151)
HSL	hsl(52, 79%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(52, 38%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 37.9%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.73, -6.69, 40.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.73, 40.65, 99.47°)
OKLab	oklab(91.78% -0.0174 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(91.78% 0.1 100)
XYZ	xyz(70.8461, 77.8847, 40.5734)
Luminance	0.7788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F3E697 #97A4F3

analogous

#F3B897 #F3E697 #D2F397

triadic

#F3E697 #97F3E6 #E697F3

tetradic

#F3E697 #97F3B8 #97A4F3 #F397D2

square

#F3E697 #97F3B8 #97A4F3 #F397D2

split-complementary

#F3E697 #97D2F3 #B897F3

monochromatic

#E6CC29 #EDD960 #F3E697 #F9F3CE #FCF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F3E697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.58

#F3E697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F3E697

16.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F3E697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F3E697	1.00	1.27	16.58	16.58
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E79A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f3e697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(243, 230, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.100 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8edb6',
    500: '#f3e697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f3e697;
$custom-light: #f8edb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f3e697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 243,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.522,
    "s": 79.31,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91775,
    "c": 0.10001,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.77883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F3E697

secondary

#5D6ED1

accent

#28DC0A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F3E697

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

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