#F6E978#F6E978

#F6E978 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.792; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.135 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F6E978
RGB	rgb(246, 233, 120)
HSL	hsl(54, 88%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(54, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 51.2%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.34, -9.98, 55.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.34, 56.76, 100.12°)
OKLab	oklab(92.19% -0.0298 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(92.19% 0.135 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(70.5372, 79.2291, 29.3428)
Luminance	0.7923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F6E978 #7885F6

analogous

#F6AA78 #F6E978 #C4F678

triadic

#F6E978 #78F6E9 #E978F6

tetradic

#F6E978 #78F6AA #7885F6 #F678C4

square

#F6E978 #78F6AA #7885F6 #F678C4

split-complementary

#F6E978 #78C4F6 #AA78F6

monochromatic

#E4CE0F #F2E03F #F6E978 #FAF2B1 #FDFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#F6E978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.85

#F6E978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F6E978

16.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F6E978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F6E978	1.00	1.25	16.85	16.85
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE36E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE97D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f6e978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(246, 233, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.135 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbefa2',
    500: '#f6e978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f6e978;
$custom-light: #fbefa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f6e978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 246,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.81,
    "s": 87.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92188,
    "c": 0.13513,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.79227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F6E978

secondary

#4150D1

accent

#19E401

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F6E978

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

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