#F6E160#F6E160
#F6E160 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.149 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #F6E160 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(246, 225, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(52, 89%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(52, 61%, 96%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 61%, 3.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(89.06, -7.75, 64.01) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(89.06, 64.47, 96.91°) |
| OKLab | oklab(90.3% -0.0261 0.1466) |
| OKLCH | oklch(90.3% 0.149 100.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(67.0452, 74.2906, 21.8720) |
| Luminance | 0.7429 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 1.44
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 1.75
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 2.49
Sandy Yellow
#FDEE73
ΔE00 3.15
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 3.22
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 3.29
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#F6E160 #6075F6
analogous
#F69660 #F6E160 #C0F660
triadic
#F6E160 #60F6E1 #E160F6
tetradic
#F6E160 #60F696 #6075F6 #F660C0
square
#F6E160 #60F696 #6075F6 #F660C0
split-complementary
#F6E160 #60C0F6 #9660F6
monochromatic
#D0B40C #F3D626 #F6E160 #F9EC9A #FDF7D4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.32
#F6E160 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.86
#F6E160 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #F6E160
15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##F6E160 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##F6E160 | 1.00 | 1.32 | 15.86 | 15.86 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.32 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.86 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.86 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F5DB51
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FAE367
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFD2C5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E0E0E0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #f6e160; /* rgb */ color: rgb(246, 225, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.149 100.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#fcea92',
500: '#f6e160',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #f6e160; $custom-light: #fcea92; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#f6e160",
"rgb": {
"r": 246,
"g": 225,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 51.6,
"s": 89.286,
"l": 67.059
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.90304,
"c": 0.14887,
"h": 100.1
},
"luminance": 0.74288
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#F6E160
secondary
#2F45CB
accent
#20E600
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#18160D
muted
#86847F