#F7E596#F7E596

#F7E596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.101 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F7E596
RGB	rgb(247, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(49, 86%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(49, 39%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 39.3%, 3.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.79, -4.74, 40.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.79, 41.01, 96.64°)
OKLab	oklab(91.9% -0.0121 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(91.9% 0.101 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(71.8836, 78.0171, 40.1205)
Luminance	0.7802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F7E596 #96A8F7

analogous

#F7B496 #F7E596 #D8F796

triadic

#F7E596 #96F7E5 #E596F7

tetradic

#F7E596 #96F7B4 #96A8F7 #F796D8

square

#F7E596 #96F7B4 #96A8F7 #F796D8

split-complementary

#F7E596 #96D8F7 #B496F7

monochromatic

#EEC924 #F3D75D #F7E596 #FBF3CF #FDF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#F7E596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.60

#F7E596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F7E596

16.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F7E596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F7E596	1.00	1.26	16.60	16.60
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f7e596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(247, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.101 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbedb6',
    500: '#f7e596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f7e596;
$custom-light: #fbedb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f7e596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 247,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.866,
    "s": 85.841,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91896,
    "c": 0.10061,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.78015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F7E596

secondary

#5B72D6

accent

#2DE203

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F7E596

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

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