#F6E490#F6E490

#F6E490 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.106 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F6E490
RGB	rgb(246, 228, 144)
HSL	hsl(49, 85%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(49, 41%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 41.5%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.37, -5.26, 43.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.37, 43.48, 96.95°)
OKLab	oklab(91.52% -0.014 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(91.52% 0.106 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(70.7851, 77.0956, 37.5324)
Luminance	0.7709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F6E490 #90A2F6

analogous

#F6B190 #F6E490 #D5F690

triadic

#F6E490 #90F6E4 #E490F6

tetradic

#F6E490 #90F6B1 #90A2F6 #F690D5

square

#F6E490 #90F6B1 #90A2F6 #F690D5

split-complementary

#F6E490 #90D5F6 #B190F6

monochromatic

#EDC81F #F1D657 #F6E490 #FBF2C9 #FDF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F6E490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.42

#F6E490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F6E490

16.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F6E490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F6E490	1.00	1.28	16.42	16.42
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E08A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E693

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f6e490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(246, 228, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.106 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbecb1',
    500: '#f6e490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f6e490;
$custom-light: #fbecb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f6e490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 246,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 85,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91515,
    "c": 0.10607,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.77093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F6E490

secondary

#566CD4

accent

#2BE104

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F6E490

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

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