#F6E556#F6E556

#F6E556 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.763; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.160 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F6E556
RGB	rgb(246, 229, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 90%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 65%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.00, -10.35, 69.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.00, 69.91, 98.52°)
OKLab	oklab(91.03% -0.0346 0.156)
OKLCH	oklch(91.03% 0.16 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(67.7078, 76.3061, 19.9644)
Luminance	0.7630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F6E556 #5667F6

analogous

#F69556 #F6E556 #B7F656

triadic

#F6E556 #56F6E5 #E556F6

tetradic

#F6E556 #56F695 #5667F6 #F656B7

square

#F6E556 #56F695 #5667F6 #F656B7

split-complementary

#F6E556 #56B7F6 #9556F6

monochromatic

#C7B30B #F3DC1C #F6E556 #F9EE90 #FCF7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F6E556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.26

#F6E556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F6E556

16.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F6E556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F6E556	1.00	1.29	16.26	16.26
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f6e556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(246, 229, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.160 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdec8c',
    500: '#f6e556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f6e556;
$custom-light: #fdec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f6e556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 246,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.625,
    "s": 89.888,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91026,
    "c": 0.1598,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F6E556

secondary

#2D3DC4

accent

#18E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F6E556

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

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