#F6E262#F6E262
#F6E262 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.148 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #F6E262 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(246, 226, 98) |
| HSL | hsl(52, 89%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(52, 60%, 96%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 60.2%, 3.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(89.33, -8.12, 63.45) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(89.33, 63.97, 97.30°) |
| OKLab | oklab(90.53% -0.0269 0.1457) |
| OKLCH | oklch(90.53% 0.148 100.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(67.4096, 74.8702, 22.4535) |
| Luminance | 0.7487 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 1.51
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 1.93
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 2.58
Sandy Yellow
#FDEE73
ΔE00 2.84
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 3.12
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 3.47
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#F6E262 #6276F6
analogous
#F69862 #F6E262 #C0F662
triadic
#F6E262 #62F6E2 #E262F6
tetradic
#F6E262 #62F698 #6276F6 #F662C0
square
#F6E262 #62F698 #6276F6 #F662C0
split-complementary
#F6E262 #62C0F6 #9862F6
monochromatic
#D2B70C #F3D728 #F6E262 #F9ED9C #FDF7D6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.31
#F6E262 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.97
#F6E262 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #F6E262
15.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##F6E262 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##F6E262 | 1.00 | 1.31 | 15.97 | 15.97 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.31 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.97 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.97 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F5DC54
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FBE469
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFD3C6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E0E0E0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #f6e262; /* rgb */ color: rgb(246, 226, 98); /* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.148 100.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#fcea93',
500: '#f6e262',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #f6e262; $custom-light: #fcea93; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#f6e262",
"rgb": {
"r": 246,
"g": 226,
"b": 98
},
"hsl": {
"h": 51.892,
"s": 89.157,
"l": 67.451
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.90526,
"c": 0.14812,
"h": 100.5
},
"luminance": 0.74867
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#F6E262
secondary
#2F45CD
accent
#1FE600
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFDF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#18160D
muted
#86847F