#F6EC99#F6EC99

#F6EC99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.819; OKLCH L 93.3% C 0.104 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F6EC99
RGB	rgb(246, 236, 153)
HSL	hsl(54, 84%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(54, 38%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 37.8%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.52, -8.32, 41.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.52, 42.29, 101.34°)
OKLab	oklab(93.27% -0.0221 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(93.27% 0.104 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(73.7525, 81.8856, 42.0512)
Luminance	0.8188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F6EC99 #99A3F6

analogous

#F6BD99 #F6EC99 #D2F699

triadic

#F6EC99 #99F6EC #EC99F6

tetradic

#F6EC99 #99F6BD #99A3F6 #F699D2

square

#F6EC99 #99F6BD #99A3F6 #F699D2

split-complementary

#F6EC99 #99D2F6 #BD99F6

monochromatic

#ECD729 #F1E261 #F6EC99 #FBF6D1 #FDFAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#F6EC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.38

#F6EC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F6EC99

17.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F6EC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F6EC99	1.00	1.21	17.38	17.38
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE793

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEC9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f6ec99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(246, 236, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.3% 0.104 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faf2b8',
    500: '#f6ec99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f6ec99;
$custom-light: #faf2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f6ec99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 246,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.548,
    "s": 83.784,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93266,
    "c": 0.10407,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.81884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F6EC99

secondary

#5E6BD5

accent

#1DE005

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F6EC99

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

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