#F3EC8A#F3EC8A

#F3EC8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.809; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.120 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F3EC8A
RGB	rgb(243, 236, 138)
HSL	hsl(56, 81%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(56, 43%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 43.2%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.08, -11.03, 48.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.08, 49.44, 102.88°)
OKLab	oklab(92.79% -0.031 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(92.79% 0.12 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(71.5465, 80.8825, 35.8828)
Luminance	0.8088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F3EC8A #8A91F3

analogous

#F3B88A #F3EC8A #C6F38A

triadic

#F3EC8A #8AF3EC #EC8AF3

tetradic

#F3EC8A #8AF3B8 #8A91F3 #F38AC6

square

#F3EC8A #8AF3B8 #8A91F3 #F38AC6

split-complementary

#F3EC8A #8AC6F3 #B88AF3

monochromatic

#E8DA1B #EDE352 #F3EC8A #F9F5C2 #FCFAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#F3EC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.18

#F3EC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F3EC8A

17.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F3EC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F3EC8A	1.00	1.22	17.18	17.18
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEB8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f3ec8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(243, 236, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.120 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9f2ae',
    500: '#f3ec8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f3ec8a;
$custom-light: #f9f2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f3ec8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 243,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 81.395,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92788,
    "c": 0.12027,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.80881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F3EC8A

secondary

#525AD0

accent

#16DE08

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F3EC8A

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

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