#F6E579#F6E579

#F6E579 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.130 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F6E579
RGB	rgb(246, 229, 121)
HSL	hsl(52, 87%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(52, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 50.8%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.33, -7.90, 54.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.33, 54.79, 98.29°)
OKLab	oklab(91.39% -0.0238 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(91.39% 0.13 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.4787, 77.0144, 29.2909)
Luminance	0.7701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F6E579 #798AF6

analogous

#F6A779 #F6E579 #C9F679

triadic

#F6E579 #79F6E5 #E579F6

tetradic

#F6E579 #79F6A7 #798AF6 #F679C9

square

#F6E579 #79F6A7 #798AF6 #F679C9

split-complementary

#F6E579 #79C9F6 #A779F6

monochromatic

#E5C80F #F2DA40 #F6E579 #FAF0B2 #FDF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F6E579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.40

#F6E579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F6E579

16.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F6E579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F6E579	1.00	1.28	16.40	16.40
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DF6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE67E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f6e579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(246, 229, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.130 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbeda2',
    500: '#f6e579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f6e579;
$custom-light: #fbeda2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f6e579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 246,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.84,
    "s": 87.413,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91391,
    "c": 0.13043,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F6E579

secondary

#4255D1

accent

#20E402

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F6E579

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

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