#F2CD57#F2CD57

#F2CD57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.141 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2CD57
RGB	rgb(242, 205, 87)
HSL	hsl(46, 86%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 64%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.56, 0.17, 61.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.56, 61.79, 89.84°)
OKLab	oklab(85.85% -0.0041 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(85.85% 0.141 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.1725, 63.2313, 18.0504)
Luminance	0.6323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2CD57 #577CF2

analogous

#F27F57 #F2CD57 #CAF257

triadic

#F2CD57 #57F2CD #CD57F2

tetradic

#F2CD57 #57F27F #577CF2 #F257CA

square

#F2CD57 #57F27F #577CF2 #F257CA

split-complementary

#F2CD57 #57CAF2 #7F57F2

monochromatic

#C0960F #EEBC1E #F2CD57 #F6DE90 #FBEFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#F2CD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.65

#F2CD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2CD57

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2CD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2CD57	1.00	1.54	13.65	13.65
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2cd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 205, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.141 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fadb8b',
    500: '#f2cd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2cd57;
$custom-light: #fadb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2cd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.677,
    "s": 85.635,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85847,
    "c": 0.14078,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2CD57

secondary

#3051BE

accent

#39E203

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2CD57

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

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