#F6E461#F6E461

#F6E461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.151 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F6E461
RGB	rgb(246, 228, 97)
HSL	hsl(53, 89%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 60.6%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.83, -9.19, 64.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.83, 65.08, 98.12°)
OKLab	oklab(90.92% -0.0301 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(90.92% 0.151 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(67.9097, 75.9454, 22.3887)
Luminance	0.7594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F6E461 #6173F6

analogous

#F69A61 #F6E461 #BDF661

triadic

#F6E461 #61F6E4 #E461F6

tetradic

#F6E461 #61F69A #6173F6 #F661BD

square

#F6E461 #61F69A #6173F6 #F661BD

split-complementary

#F6E461 #61BDF6 #9A61F6

monochromatic

#D1B90C #F3DA27 #F6E461 #F9EE9B #FDF8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#F6E461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.19

#F6E461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F6E461

16.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F6E461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F6E461	1.00	1.30	16.19	16.19
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DE52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE568

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f6e461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(246, 228, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.151 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcec93',
    500: '#f6e461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f6e461;
$custom-light: #fcec93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f6e461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 246,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.752,
    "s": 89.222,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90921,
    "c": 0.15063,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F6E461

secondary

#2F42CC

accent

#1CE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F6E461

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

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