#F6E36E#F6E36E
#F6E36E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.139 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #F6E36E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(246, 227, 110) |
| HSL | hsl(52, 88%, 70%) |
| HSV | hsv(52, 55%, 96%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 55.3%, 3.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(89.70, -7.78, 58.55) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(89.70, 59.07, 97.57°) |
| OKLab | oklab(90.85% -0.0246 0.1366) |
| OKLCH | oklch(90.85% 0.139 100.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(68.2920, 75.6594, 25.7553) |
| Luminance | 0.7566 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 2.19
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 2.20
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 2.40
Sandy Yellow
#FDEE73
ΔE00 2.51
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 3.32
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 3.37
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#F6E36E #6E81F6
analogous
#F69F6E #F6E36E #C5F66E
triadic
#F6E36E #6EF6E3 #E36EF6
tetradic
#F6E36E #6EF69F #6E81F6 #F66EC5
square
#F6E36E #6EF69F #6E81F6 #F66EC5
split-complementary
#F6E36E #6EC5F6 #9F6EF6
monochromatic
#DCBF0E #F2D834 #F6E36E #FAEEA8 #FDF9E1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.30
#F6E36E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
16.13
#F6E36E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #F6E36E
16.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##F6E36E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##F6E36E | 1.00 | 1.30 | 16.13 | 16.13 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.30 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 16.13 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 16.13 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F5DD63
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FBE574
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFD5C9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E1E1E1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #f6e36e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(246, 227, 110); /* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.139 100.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#fceb9b',
500: '#f6e36e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #f6e36e; $custom-light: #fceb9b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#f6e36e",
"rgb": {
"r": 246,
"g": 227,
"b": 110
},
"hsl": {
"h": 51.618,
"s": 88.312,
"l": 69.804
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.90855,
"c": 0.13879,
"h": 100.2
},
"luminance": 0.75657
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#F6E36E
secondary
#384DD0
accent
#20E501
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFDF5
border
#D7D5CF
text
#18160E
muted
#86847F