#F6E480#F6E480

#F6E480 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.123 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F6E480
RGB	rgb(246, 228, 128)
HSL	hsl(51, 87%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 48%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 48%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.16, -6.79, 50.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.16, 51.15, 97.63°)
OKLab	oklab(91.28% -0.0199 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(91.28% 0.123 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(69.6477, 76.6406, 31.5423)
Luminance	0.7664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Color harmonies

complementary

#F6E480 #8092F6

analogous

#F6A980 #F6E480 #CDF680

triadic

#F6E480 #80F6E4 #E480F6

tetradic

#F6E480 #80F6A9 #8092F6 #F680CD

square

#F6E480 #80F6A9 #8092F6 #F680CD

split-complementary

#F6E480 #80CDF6 #A980F6

monochromatic

#EBCA11 #F2D847 #F6E480 #FAF0B9 #FDF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F6E480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.33

#F6E480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F6E480

16.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F6E480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F6E480	1.00	1.29	16.33	16.33
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DF78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE684

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f6e480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(246, 228, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.123 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbeca7',
    500: '#f6e480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f6e480;
$custom-light: #fbeca7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f6e480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 246,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.847,
    "s": 86.765,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91281,
    "c": 0.12268,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F6E480

secondary

#485DD2

accent

#25E302

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F6E480

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

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