#F2CD51#F2CD51

#F2CD51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.145 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2CD51
RGB	rgb(242, 205, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 86%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 66.5%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.51, -0.17, 64.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.51, 64.28, 90.15°)
OKLab	oklab(85.79% -0.0058 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(85.79% 0.145 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.9375, 63.1373, 16.8127)
Luminance	0.6313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2CD51 #5176F2

analogous

#F27C51 #F2CD51 #C6F251

triadic

#F2CD51 #51F2CD #CD51F2

tetradic

#F2CD51 #51F27C #5176F2 #F251C6

square

#F2CD51 #51F27C #5176F2 #F251C6

split-complementary

#F2CD51 #51C6F2 #7C51F2

monochromatic

#BB930E #EEBD18 #F2CD51 #F6DD8A #FBEEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#F2CD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.63

#F2CD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2CD51

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2CD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2CD51	1.00	1.54	13.63	13.63
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2cd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 205, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.145 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fadb88',
    500: '#f2cd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2cd51;
$custom-light: #fadb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2cd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.211,
    "s": 86.096,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85792,
    "c": 0.14519,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2CD51

secondary

#2E4EB9

accent

#36E303

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2CD51

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

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