#F6E172#F6E172

#F6E172 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.133 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F6E172
RGB	rgb(246, 225, 114)
HSL	hsl(50, 88%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 53.7%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.23, -6.47, 56.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.23, 56.55, 96.57°)
OKLab	oklab(90.5% -0.0204 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(90.5% 0.133 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.9709, 74.6609, 26.7470)
Luminance	0.7466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F6E172 #7287F6

analogous

#F69F72 #F6E172 #C9F672

triadic

#F6E172 #72F6E1 #E172F6

tetradic

#F6E172 #72F69F #7287F6 #F672C9

square

#F6E172 #72F69F #7287F6 #F672C9

split-complementary

#F6E172 #72C9F6 #9F72F6

monochromatic

#DFBE0E #F2D538 #F6E172 #FAEDAC #FDF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#F6E172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.93

#F6E172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F6E172

15.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F6E172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F6E172	1.00	1.32	15.93	15.93
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f6e172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(246, 225, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.133 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcea9d',
    500: '#f6e172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f6e172;
$custom-light: #fcea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f6e172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 246,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.455,
    "s": 88,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90498,
    "c": 0.13344,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F6E172

secondary

#3C53D1

accent

#25E501

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F6E172

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

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