#F3EC5E#F3EC5E

#F3EC5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.799; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.160 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F3EC5E
RGB	rgb(243, 236, 94)
HSL	hsl(57, 86%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 61.3%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.62, -14.55, 67.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.62, 69.09, 102.16°)
OKLab	oklab(92.27% -0.0455 0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(92.27% 0.16 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(68.9803, 79.8560, 22.3676)
Luminance	0.7985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F3EC5E #5E65F3

analogous

#F3A15E #F3EC5E #AFF35E

triadic

#F3EC5E #5EF3EC #EC5EF3

tetradic

#F3EC5E #5EF3A1 #5E65F3 #F35EAF

square

#F3EC5E #5EF3A1 #5E65F3 #F35EAF

split-complementary

#F3EC5E #5EAFF3 #A15EF3

monochromatic

#C8BF0F #EFE525 #F3EC5E #F7F397 #FBF9D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F3EC5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.97

#F3EC5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F3EC5E

16.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F3EC5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F3EC5E	1.00	1.24	16.97	16.97
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f3ec5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(243, 236, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.160 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faf191',
    500: '#f3ec5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f3ec5e;
$custom-light: #faf191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f3ec5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 243,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.181,
    "s": 86.127,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92274,
    "c": 0.16046,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.79854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F3EC5E

secondary

#3138C5

accent

#0DE303

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F3EC5E

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

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