#F6E45E#F6E45E

#F6E45E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.153 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F6E45E
RGB	rgb(246, 228, 94)
HSL	hsl(53, 89%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 61.8%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.81, -9.38, 65.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.81, 66.33, 98.13°)
OKLab	oklab(90.89% -0.0309 0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(90.89% 0.153 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(67.7725, 75.8905, 21.6659)
Luminance	0.7589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F6E45E #5E70F6

analogous

#F6985E #F6E45E #BCF65E

triadic

#F6E45E #5EF6E4 #E45EF6

tetradic

#F6E45E #5EF698 #5E70F6 #F65EBC

square

#F6E45E #5EF698 #5E70F6 #F65EBC

split-complementary

#F6E45E #5EBCF6 #985EF6

monochromatic

#CEB70C #F3DA24 #F6E45E #F9EE98 #FCF7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#F6E45E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.18

#F6E45E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F6E45E

16.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F6E45E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F6E45E	1.00	1.30	16.18	16.18
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE565

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f6e45e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(246, 228, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.153 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcec91',
    500: '#f6e45e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f6e45e;
$custom-light: #fcec91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f6e45e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 246,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.895,
    "s": 89.412,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90893,
    "c": 0.15299,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F6E45E

secondary

#2E41CA

accent

#1BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F6E45E

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

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