#F6E178#F6E178

#F6E178 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.748; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.128 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F6E178
RGB	rgb(246, 225, 120)
HSL	hsl(50, 88%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(50, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 51.2%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.30, -5.98, 53.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.30, 53.79, 96.38°)
OKLab	oklab(90.57% -0.0183 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(90.57% 0.128 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(68.3236, 74.8020, 28.6049)
Luminance	0.7480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F6E178 #788DF6

analogous

#F6A278 #F6E178 #CCF678

triadic

#F6E178 #78F6E1 #E178F6

tetradic

#F6E178 #78F6A2 #788DF6 #F678CC

square

#F6E178 #78F6A2 #788DF6 #F678CC

split-complementary

#F6E178 #78CCF6 #A278F6

monochromatic

#E4C10F #F2D43F #F6E178 #FAEEB1 #FDF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#F6E178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.96

#F6E178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F6E178

15.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F6E178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F6E178	1.00	1.32	15.96	15.96
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E47D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f6e178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(246, 225, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.128 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbeaa1',
    500: '#f6e178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f6e178;
$custom-light: #fbeaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f6e178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 246,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 87.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90572,
    "c": 0.12782,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F6E178

secondary

#4159D1

accent

#27E401

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F6E178

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

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