#F6E16E#F6E16E
#F6E16E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.746; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.137 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #F6E16E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(246, 225, 110) |
| HSL | hsl(51, 88%, 70%) |
| HSV | hsv(51, 55%, 96%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 55.3%, 3.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(89.19, -6.78, 57.97) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(89.19, 58.36, 96.67°) |
| OKLab | oklab(90.45% -0.0217 0.1353) |
| OKLCH | oklch(90.45% 0.137 99.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(67.7481, 74.5718, 25.5740) |
| Luminance | 0.7457 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 1.80
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 1.97
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 2.25
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 2.71
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 2.98
Sandy Yellow
#FDEE73
ΔE00 3.13
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#F6E16E #6E83F6
analogous
#F69D6E #F6E16E #C7F66E
triadic
#F6E16E #6EF6E1 #E16EF6
tetradic
#F6E16E #6EF69D #6E83F6 #F66EC7
square
#F6E16E #6EF69D #6E83F6 #F66EC7
split-complementary
#F6E16E #6EC7F6 #9D6EF6
monochromatic
#DCBC0E #F2D534 #F6E16E #FAEDA8 #FDF9E1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.32
#F6E16E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.91
#F6E16E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #F6E16E
15.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##F6E16E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##F6E16E | 1.00 | 1.32 | 15.91 | 15.91 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.32 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.91 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.91 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F4DC63
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F9E373
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFD3C7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E0E0E0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #f6e16e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(246, 225, 110); /* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.137 99.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#fcea9b',
500: '#f6e16e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #f6e16e; $custom-light: #fcea9b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#f6e16e",
"rgb": {
"r": 246,
"g": 225,
"b": 110
},
"hsl": {
"h": 50.735,
"s": 88.312,
"l": 69.804
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.90452,
"c": 0.13705,
"h": 99.1
},
"luminance": 0.74569
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#F6E16E
secondary
#3850D0
accent
#24E501
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF5
border
#D7D5CF
text
#18160E
muted
#86847F