#F3E698#F3E698

#F3E698 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.099 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F3E698
RGB	rgb(243, 230, 152)
HSL	hsl(51, 79%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(51, 37%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 37.4%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.74, -6.58, 39.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.74, 40.15, 99.43°)
OKLab	oklab(91.79% -0.017 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(91.79% 0.099 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(70.9277, 77.9173, 41.0030)
Luminance	0.7792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F3E698 #98A5F3

analogous

#F3B998 #F3E698 #D2F398

triadic

#F3E698 #98F3E6 #E698F3

tetradic

#F3E698 #98F3B9 #98A5F3 #F398D2

square

#F3E698 #98F3B9 #98A5F3 #F398D2

split-complementary

#F3E698 #98D2F3 #B998F3

monochromatic

#E6CB2A #EDD961 #F3E698 #F9F3CF #FCF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F3E698 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.58

#F3E698 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F3E698

16.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F3E698	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F3E698	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)

#F4E192

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E79B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f3e698;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(243, 230, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.099 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8edb7',
    500: '#f3e698',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f3e698;
$custom-light: #f8edb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f3e698",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 243,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 79.13,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91791,
    "c": 0.09889,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F3E698

secondary

#5E6FD1

accent

#28DB0A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F3E698

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

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