#F2CA40#F2CA40

#F2CA40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.154 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2CA40
RGB	rgb(242, 202, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 87%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 73.6%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.64, 0.54, 70.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.64, 70.03, 89.56°)
OKLab	oklab(85.07% -0.0057 0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(85.07% 0.154 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.6672, 61.4920, 13.6286)
Luminance	0.6149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2CA40 #4068F2

analogous

#F27140 #F2CA40 #C1F240

triadic

#F2CA40 #40F2CA #CA40F2

tetradic

#F2CA40 #40F271 #4068F2 #F240C1

square

#F2CA40 #40F271 #4068F2 #F240C1

split-complementary

#F2CA40 #40C1F2 #7140F2

monochromatic

#AC880C #E5B510 #F2CA40 #F6DA79 #FAEAB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#F2CA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.30

#F2CA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2CA40

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2CA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2CA40	1.00	1.58	13.30	13.30
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C729

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2ca40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 202, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.154 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbd97e',
    500: '#f2ca40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2ca40;
$custom-light: #fbd97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2ca40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.517,
    "s": 87.255,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85066,
    "c": 0.15436,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2CA40

secondary

#2A47AD

accent

#5AFD2A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2CA40

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

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