#F2D161#F2D161
#F2D161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.135 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #F2D161 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(242, 209, 97) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 85%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 60%, 95%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 59.9%, 5.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.66, -1.24, 58.60) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.66, 58.61, 91.21°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.74% -0.007 0.1353) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.74% 0.135 93) |
| XYZ | xyz(61.5788, 65.3444, 20.6761) |
| Luminance | 0.6534 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 1.12
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 1.52
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 2.94
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 3.06
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 3.65
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.76
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#F2D161 #6182F2
analogous
#F28961 #F2D161 #CBF261
triadic
#F2D161 #61F2D1 #D161F2
tetradic
#F2D161 #61F289 #6182F2 #F261CB
square
#F2D161 #61F289 #6182F2 #F261CB
split-complementary
#F2D161 #61CBF2 #8961F2
monochromatic
#C89E10 #EDC128 #F2D161 #F7E19A #FBF2D2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.49
#F2D161 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.07
#F2D161 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #F2D161
14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##F2D161 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##F2D161 | 1.00 | 1.49 | 14.07 | 14.07 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.49 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.07 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.07 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E5CE55
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EDD866
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFC2B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D3D3D3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #f2d161; /* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 209, 97); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.135 93.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f9de92',
500: '#f2d161',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #f2d161; $custom-light: #f9de92; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#f2d161",
"rgb": {
"r": 242,
"g": 209,
"b": 97
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.345,
"s": 84.795,
"l": 66.471
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86742,
"c": 0.13544,
"h": 93
},
"luminance": 0.65341
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#F2D161
secondary
#3254C5
accent
#37E104
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#18150D
muted
#86847F