#F6E596#F6E596

#F6E596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.100 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F6E596
RGB	rgb(246, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(49, 84%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(49, 39%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 39%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.70, -5.13, 40.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.70, 40.93, 97.20°)
OKLab	oklab(91.81% -0.0131 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(91.81% 0.1 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(71.5318, 77.8357, 40.1040)
Luminance	0.7783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F6E596 #96A7F6

analogous

#F6B596 #F6E596 #D7F696

triadic

#F6E596 #96F6E5 #E596F6

tetradic

#F6E596 #96F6B5 #96A7F6 #F696D7

square

#F6E596 #96F6B5 #96A7F6 #F696D7

split-complementary

#F6E596 #96D7F6 #B596F6

monochromatic

#ECC925 #F1D75E #F6E596 #FBF3CE #FDF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F6E596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.57

#F6E596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F6E596

16.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F6E596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F6E596	1.00	1.27	16.57	16.57
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f6e596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(246, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.100 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faedb6',
    500: '#f6e596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f6e596;
$custom-light: #faedb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f6e596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 246,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.375,
    "s": 84.211,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91811,
    "c": 0.10047,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F6E596

secondary

#5B71D5

accent

#2CE105

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F6E596

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

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