#F6E462#F6E462

#F6E462 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.150 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F6E462
RGB	rgb(246, 228, 98)
HSL	hsl(53, 89%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 60.2%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.84, -9.12, 64.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.84, 64.65, 98.11°)
OKLab	oklab(90.93% -0.0298 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(90.93% 0.15 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(67.9566, 75.9642, 22.6359)
Luminance	0.7596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F6E462 #6274F6

analogous

#F69A62 #F6E462 #BEF662

triadic

#F6E462 #62F6E4 #E462F6

tetradic

#F6E462 #62F69A #6274F6 #F662BE

square

#F6E462 #62F69A #6274F6 #F662BE

split-complementary

#F6E462 #62BEF6 #9A62F6

monochromatic

#D2BA0C #F3DA28 #F6E462 #F9EE9C #FDF8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#F6E462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.19

#F6E462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F6E462

16.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F6E462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F6E462	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)

#F7DE54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE569

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f6e462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(246, 228, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.150 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcec93',
    500: '#f6e462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f6e462;
$custom-light: #fcec93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f6e462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 246,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.703,
    "s": 89.157,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90931,
    "c": 0.14983,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F6E462

secondary

#2F43CD

accent

#1CE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F6E462

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

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